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The problem, PC, is that the aid wouldn't be needed in the first place if Israel hadn't turned Gaza into something like Warsaw, 1941: a walled-off disease farm where people exist on starvation rations or the near equivalent.
Look, this is Israel we're dealing with. Home of Mossad and Shin Bet. If two of the premier intelligence/counter-terrorism formations in the world can't figure out how to whack the leadership of a terrorist organization that is already pinned in place, they've fallen a long, bumpy way. If Hamas is a problem, I'm fully in favour of taking out their leadership. Hell, whack the leadership and a few firstborne sons, go Russian on their asses. Then make sure the next generation of Hamas/Fatah/whoever-takes-over gets the picture. Play ball, and you get to live. Get froggy with the rockets and suicide bombers, and get ready to die choking on your own cock, while somebody else who's probably smarter than you takes your spot in the Organization and the Government. Anybody who orders the launching of rockets against civilians deserves whatever flavour of nasty comes calling. But punishing the entire population of Gaza for the actions of their government is ridiculous. Garishly punishing the givers of orders while leaving the rest of the population unmolested, however, strikes me as a very effective means of achieving Israel's desired ends: security from Hamas attacks and a socially-integrable Palestinian population. This current silliness, OTOH, is counterproductive at best and is rapidly turning into an albatross.
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