Terrorists get free food and fuel

A worker unloads fuel at the main power plant in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, on Tuesday

GAZA City, Gaza Strip - Israel resumed fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip’s main power plant Tuesday, offering limited respite from a blockade that plunged much of the Hamas-ruled territory into darkness and touched off international protests.

The shipment included at least three days’ worth of European Union-funded fuel for the generating plant, which shut down on Sunday after Israel sealed border crossings in what it termed a response to Palestinian cross-border rocket salvoes. Free fuel for Gaza terrorists -- YAY!!!!

Israel said it would also allow in 132,000 gallons of diesel for generators, a supply of cooking gas and 50 trucks of food and medicine, though restrictions on petrol for cars remained.

“Our approach now is to assess what is acutely lacking, and permit imports on that basis,” Israeli Defense Ministry spokesman Shlomo Dror said.

The European Union and international agencies denounced the Israeli closure as illegal “collective punishment” against Gaza’s 1.5 million residents, many of whom depend on foreign aid. Gazans stockpiled food and medical officials. "Many?" -- Try "The great majority," Mr. OBJECTIVE JOURRRRRNALIST. Hey -- I'll bet the food and medical officials are free too. Get in the box you medical official, you -- and pipe down.

The decision to allow in emergency supplies, Israeli officials said, followed a decline in the number of salvoes. Not a "stopping" -- just a "decline."

“We have learned that Hamas controls the rocket fire. It has to be clear to the residents of the strip that it is Hamas' conduct that harms them, not Israel’s,” Dror said. Yes -- and correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the citizens of Gaza vote Hamas into their government? And the world is waiting for the Klown to feel sorry for the residents of Gaza?

Hamas refuses to give up its fight against Israel and opposes peace moves by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, whose administration condemned the Israeli closure as harmful to diplomacy.

Palestinians launched at least one rocket into Israel from Gaza on Tuesday, causing no damage, the military said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. More here:

I have to ask you -- if there were an area within a few miles of where you lived -- and the residents of that area launched missiles into your area every fucking day -- what would YOU expect your government to do about it? Would YOU be ok with just a couple of missiles a day and tell your government to go ahead and let them get their free food and fuel?