Israel's blockade of Gaza is a form of collective punishment against the Palestinian population

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Israel's blockade of Gaza is a form of collective punishment against the Palestinian population

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Claim

Opposing arguments

Israel allows the passage of significant humanitarian aid to Gaza, including food, medicine and electricity
Israel claims that the blocade is necessary to prevent arms smuggling and to protect Israeli civilians

Subclaims

Israel's blocade of the region severely restricts access to essential goods and services and is causing a humanitarian crisis
Israels restrictions on mobement and trade devastates the economy and prevents development in the region

Supporting arguments

The World Food Program considers GAZA a human induced state of famine
Israel withholds issuing crossing permits for medical attention for Gazan women and children
Israel's blockade of Gaza is the longest siege in modern history
Israel adopted a Nazi Germany concentration camps collective punishment that counts calories for the controlled population
Israel’s occupation of Palestinian Territory is ‘apartheid’: UN rights expert
The count of building authorizations allowed to Arab Palestinians is shrinking on daily basis
Arabs in Jerusalem pay significantly higher taxes compared to Jewish settlers
Israel cut off supplies of water, food, fuel and electricity to the enclave’s 2.3 million residents, an act the UN has called a form of collective punishment

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Israel is performing genocide in Palestine