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Originally Posted by RainMaker
It's not border control; it's a siege.
And yes, the rest of the world is allowed to leave their city, state, country and travel to other places. Like you said, "let civilian populations make their own decisions".
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It's perfectly understandable for a country not to allow citizens of another country/territory (who she is at war with) to cross into her borders without strict control.
What's unreasonable about that?
If Gazans want to travel out of Gaza, go through a friendly country like Egypt. If West Bank Palestinians want to travel out of West Bank, go to Jordan. Unfortunately, both countries have travel restrictions on Palestinians from Gaza & West Bank. No surprise really considering all the history.
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re: giving up land. Let's have the civilians make their own decision if they want to stay or not.
There were some reports on Hamas preventing/discouraging civilians from leaving earlier. This statement lends credence to that.
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My statement above was re: Gaza civilians leaving Gaza City, going to safer places in Gaza Strip ... and not leaving Gaza Strip for another country which is the tangent you are taking us to.
And before you say there are no safer places in Gaza strip, see link below. About 3 weeks out of date but you get the idea, lots of places that are "safer" than Gaza city (e.g. South).
Front Office Football Central - View Single Post - Israeli-Hamas War (Oct 2023)