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Article: The Gaza-Lebanon crises.(Thinking Politically)
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- Synthesis/Regeneration
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- September 22, 2006
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The current crisis in Gaza is not a crisis of "re-occupation;" the Israeli occupation of Gaza never ended, despite the hype of last year's "disengagement." The New York Times quoted Prime Minister Ehud Olmert saying that Israel will continue to act militarily in Gaza as it sees fit. "We will operate, enter, and pull out as needed," he said. The withdrawal of soldiers and settlers from within the Gaza Strip represented a change in the form of occupation, not an end to occupation. After the "pull-out," Gaza remained besieged and surrounded and Israel has remained in complete control of all aspects of Gazan life.
Israel has continued to control the Gaza economy, ...