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Yes, I know where Gaza is.
According to the UN joint resolution 242, Israel began occupying Gaza in 1967, a military occupation by Israel of Gaza and other Palestinian territories referred to as the "occupied Arab territories".
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli-occupied_territories#:~:text=Between%201967%20and%201993%2C%20the,the%20Egypt%E2%80%93Israel%20peace%20treaty.
Hope that clears it up for you.
There's a big map if you want to find out where israel-occupied Gaza is(little green bit, bottom left).
From the Wikipedia page you posted:
Israel stopped occupying Gaza in 2005.
Yes, for 2-3 years out of the past 56 years, Israel officially took a break from occupying one region of Palestine.
What do you mean? They haven’t occupied it since 2005. You need to learn better reading comprehension
So did you... You're implying you only read that sentence of that article.
Try to look for news of Israel occupying Gaza following their reoccupation in 2007.
Are you referring to the battle of Gaza in 2007, where Hamas took control of Gaza? Do you think Hamas is Israel?
No, the 2007 blockade on gazan land , presence of IDF soldiers in Gaza and subsequent incursions into gazan land air and water, since for some reason you guys want to ignore the rest of colonized Palestine.
Where did you get the idea that Hamas is israel? Amazing. Read more than the headlines that you're googling.
This is bafflingly stupid. How is a blockade an occupation? Just admit you were wrong about it, Israel doesn’t occupy Gaza.
Setting aside the blockade on Palestinian land that is definitely an occupation, Israeli military also occupies the land, water and airspace of Gaza(occupies is a conjugation of the word "occupy, if you are still confused).
It's clear that you have no idea what you're talking about, but if you look at the other threads in this post by people like you who also didn't know what they were talking about, you can follow the links and threads that explain the UN resolution that labels this blockade that you all are so obsessed with as an occupation, as well as the occupation of Gaza by the Israeli military on gazan land, water and in the air.
Ya ig'nant.
This is getting ridiculous, you just keep doubling down even though this isn’t even something you can have an opinion on, it’s just objectively wrong, so I’m done wasting my time.
You are objectively wrong about the occupation of Palestine, agreed.
Yes, I am repeating the facts that you won't take the time to read, research, or(most likely) acknowledge because they so simply disprove your demonstrably false claim.
I can appreciate that position, but let's dig into the nuance a little bit.
After 2005 Israel had a temporary blockade which ended in 2006. After 2007 and the election of Hamas, a new blockade enforced by Israel and Egypt was implemented to isolate Hamas. Excerpt from Wikipedia:
Israel blockaded the Gaza Strip temporarily in 2005–2006. In 2007, after Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip, both Israel and Egypt have imposed an indefinite blockade of Gaza that is ongoing to present day, on the grounds that Fatah and Palestinian Authority forces had fled the Strip and were no longer able to provide security on the Palestinian side..
I fully recognize that traditionally a blockade can constitute an act of war, and exerts control over a region or country, so I understand why the UN considered a blockade am ipso facto occupation.
At the same time, where is the outrage against Egypt, and what less invasive measure do you propose Israel and Egypt take to ensure regional security when you have a neighbor whose stated purpose is the violation of UN recognized borders?
This blockade (and the soldiers enforce against) being on Palestinian land is technically an occupation, but I don't know why that other guy was so obsessed with the technical difference between blockades and occupations in this one, specific area of Palestine, and it was never my stance that the blockade is the only occupation or that Gaza is the only important occupied Palestinian territory.
It looks like you want to discuss specifically the latest 16 years of occupation in this tiny little area.
So, since 2007, and ignoring the other occupied territories and the gazan blockade, IDF soldiers entered into Palestine to occupy the city in an effort to ostensibly stop Hamas. Israel also occupies the territorial waters and airspace of Gaza and has launched airstrikes against Gaza. In 2010, is real attack sex civilian ships in Palestinian territorial waters, in 2012, IDF soldiers in Palestine shot some fisherman on gazan land, and it goes on and on.
So ignoring the blockade, there's an overwhelming military presence by IDF(the Israeli military) regularly occupying the land, sea and air inside and around Gaza.
Let's talk about Egypt.
Egypt is not as dependent on or cozied up to the US as israel is, so they don't have the same interest in attacking or occupying Palestine that israel does.
Right now, while Israel is refusing food, water and fuel to Palestine because Israelis believe Palestinians are animals who need to be punished, Egypt is preparing an aid package.
So if you're wondering why the outrage against Egypt is less than that against Israel, it's because Egypt does not display the historied animosity toward or undeniable occupation of Palestine that Israel shows.
Those aren't Egyptian settlers forcing Palestinians off their land. Those aren't Egyptian soldiers blowing up hospitals and schools every year. The colonizers are Israeli and the attacks on hospitals and schools are perpetrated by Israeli soldiers.
Your last question is about a less invasive measure to ensure regional security.
Stay out of Palestinian territories. Stop actively settling on Palestinian land. Don't publicly announce that Palestinian land is actually Israeli land and then broadcast a map that erases Palestine from the map. Definitely stop bombing the schools and hospitals, and shoot less civilians, since I think the Palestinians consider those illegal settlements and civilian bombings and murders on their land pretty invasive (me too).