Startling! We Israelis Can’t Even Get A Darned Blockade Right!

I’m going to show you in a moment why watching the Israeli blockage of Gaza is an irritating example of Jewish ineptitude. Jews pride themselves on their inventiveness and on being a start-up nation. I guess we are too busy thinking up new apps and medical miracles and the mundane business of running a blockade just gets overlooked. Either that, or our hearts just aren’t in it. The result is a boring litany of blockade incompetence.

But first I want to show you how the idea of a blockade and siege is used for propaganda.

Image credit: Middle East Monitor

I don’t know about you, but it looks to me that the kids in this photo are dressed in new, clean clothes. I think the Middle East Monitor could have done a better job of finding kids that actually look poor. I’m not saying that there are no poor kids in Gaza because there are. But just like this photo looks fake, so is their accusation of an Israeli siege and blockade of Gaza. Let us also remember that Egypt has closed their gates to Gaza, but nobody cares about what Muslim countries do or appear to do.

Anyway, here is what is boring about the siege Israel is mismanaging:

19,538 tons of goods, in 648 trucks, entered #Gaza through #Israel Thursday #GazaDailyActivity #KeremShalom

— COGAT (@cogatonline) June 16, 2016

Yesterday, there were 991 crossings of foreigners, merchants and others between #Gaza and #Israel #GazaDailyActivity #Erez

— COGAT (@cogatonline) June 15, 2016

703 trucks of goods entered #Gaza through #Israel yesterday #GazaDailyActivity #KeremShalom

— COGAT (@cogatonline) June 15, 2016

Yesterday, there were 1,278 crossings of foreigners, merchants and others between #Gaza and #Israel #GazaDailyActivity #Erez

— COGAT (@cogatonline) June 14, 2016

There were 6 crossings of ambulances between #Gaza and #Israel yesterday #GazaDailyActivity #Erez

— COGAT (@cogatonline) June 14, 2016

52 of the residents from #Gaza went abroad for medical treatment, academic studies, seminars & more. #Erez pic.twitter.com/XNxVe01xTo

— COGAT (@cogatonline) June 13, 2016

17,165 tons of goods, in 588 trucks, entered #Gaza through #Israel Thursday #GazaDailyActivity #KeremShalom

— COGAT (@cogatonline) June 13, 2016

In response to the terror attack at Sarona in Tel Aviv on the night of June 8, Israel managed to close down the border crossing into and out of Judea and Samaria and Gaza between June 9 and June 12. This coincided with the Jewish Sabbath and the Shavuot holiday and was meant to give us Jews some sense of security over the long weekend.

Some cried out against such “collective punishment” but had there been no terror attack on June 8, there would have been no cessation of movement over the borders for the few days following it. Also note that all the movement recorded above was going on AFTER the terror attack and the temporary closure. So you see? We could do it right for 3 days. But we just couldn’t keep it up!

And what was happening before the temporary closure? I did warn you that it is boring.

Yesterday, there were 890 crossings of foreigners, merchants and others between #Gaza and #Israel #GazaDailyActivity #Erez

— COGAT (@cogatonline) June 9, 2016

21,414 tons of goods, in 672 trucks, entered #Gaza through #Israel yesterday #GazaDailyActivity #KeremShalom

— COGAT (@cogatonline) June 8, 2016

22,389 tons of goods, in 737 trucks, entered #Gaza through #Israel yesterday #GazaDailyActivity #KeremShalom

— COGAT (@cogatonline) June 7, 2016

#Goodmorning and #RamadanKareem in #Gaza! #Ramadan. Photo credits: @paldf pic.twitter.com/YlErmXmNIr

— COGAT (@cogatonline) June 7, 2016

As #Ramadan begins, we prep for all the holidays. #COGAT coordinated the crossing of 4,000 sheep & calves to celebrate #Ramadan & #EidalFitr

— COGAT (@cogatonline) June 7, 2016

And it just goes on and on and on. Boring, right?

If Israel was really interested in blockading Gaza and running a successful siege, they should have taken an example from the Romans at Masada. Now THAT was a siege!

This article originally appeared on Israellycool on 16 June 2016.

[Image by Gus via Wikimedia Commons]