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The Israeli propagandist claim that Israel had withdrawn from Gaza and as a reward Hamas is raining rockets on Israeli town is bogus. Maintaining a large military force in gaza whose main function was to serve as personal body guards for the Jewish settlers at a ratio of about 10 soldiers per one settler was just too expensive. Very few Israeli reservists or regular army wanted any part of serving in the "strip". Israel wanted to use the resources spent on Gaza for the acceleration of the theft of the much coveted West Bank land. Israel kept a de-facto occupation by turning Gaza into the largest concentration camp/favela in the world, with full control over the Gaza air-space and access from the sea. The blockade, a clear declaration of war under international law had commenced even before the Israeli bogus withdrawal. No people anywhere in the world would accept such oppression and subjugation without armed resistance. It makes no sense for the Israeli civilians to live in peace when the Gaza civilians have been forcibly incarcerated in a squalid concentration camp by Israel.
