The rich neighbor also controls the water, food, and power going into that strip of land, and use that as leverage against the people who actually live there.
Well that seems like an opportunity for improvement. Disconnect Israeli power, food, and water supplies and connect Palestinian power, food, and water. Would be a good use of humanitarian funds.
Always love these hot takes. Like the Palestinians never thought about resource independence from Israel until Joe Internet came along.
Spoiler: Israel targets infrastructure in bombing raids. That includes desalination plants and power infrastructure.
Even if Gaza could somehow achieve energy independence through, say, cold fusion, Israel would never allow it because it removes one important lever of control.
Well that seems like an opportunity for improvement. Disconnect Israeli power, food, and water supplies and connect Palestinian power, food, and water. Would be a good use of humanitarian funds.
And blown up six hours after it was built.
The infrastructure would have to go through Israel. Good luck on getting that to happen.
Always love these hot takes. Like the Palestinians never thought about resource independence from Israel until Joe Internet came along.
Spoiler: Israel targets infrastructure in bombing raids. That includes desalination plants and power infrastructure.
Even if Gaza could somehow achieve energy independence through, say, cold fusion, Israel would never allow it because it removes one important lever of control.