Reality Check: Goal of Gaza Rioters Is Expedite Growth of Military
Capabilities - Not Improve Quality of Life
Dr. Aaron Lerner 30 March, 2019

The goal of the organized Gaza rioters is to pressure Israel to increase the
supply of dual use material to the Gaza Strip to expedite the construction
of yet more attack tunnels and other military structure along with the
production of weapons.

To be clear.

That's not to say that Israel should not be interested in finding ways to
improve the living conditions of the Gazans.

Just that in the absence of a departure from the current "quiet for
quiet"arrangement, any Israeli concession regarding the supply into the Gaza
Strip of dual use material - cement, rebar, other metal , fiberglass roving
and associated resin, etc., that can be used in the construction of
military facilities or weapons production - will ultimately cost Israel as
these materials are used to help prepare Hamas and others for war against
the Jewish State.

From a long run perspective, the most humanitarian step Israel could take
today would be to significantly reduce the security cost of dual use
materials by decimating the armories, weapons factories, etc. in the Gaza
Strip followed by a policy that any armories, weapons factories, etc.
discovered after the operation are also destroyed rather than recorded in a
"target bank".

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