Winright & Tait on Gaza and Just War Theory | National Catholic Reporter

Winright & Tait on Gaza and Just War Theory | National Catholic Reporter by MSW.  MGB: This analysis only holds up if you call Gaza a separate nation, which it is not.  While it is true the Hamas rockets caused concern - hyped up by Israeli civil defense, the fact that they did not kill but one person in Israel (and possibly more in Gaza) did not justify the response made, which is essentially trading live fire for fireworks.  The rocket launches were not the first part of this episode.  The sealing of Gaza's borders upon the election of Hamas (or was it earlier) ranks with the Siege of Warsaw in its violence to a captive population WITHIN a nation.  This may be a civil war, but it is not a war between nations (unless Israel and everyone else allows the recognition of Gaza or all of the Palesetinian territories as a separate state. Luckily for Gaza, there are tunnels which are more likely used to get the food in rather than do what would be suicide attacks.  The question is whether the blockade is meant to bring Gaza to submission (for what, I am not sure) or to just exterminate them so that the settlers can return.  Either way, starving your own population has to be a crime under some aspect of international law.  It is much more applicable than just war theory.