this is a different angle i hadn't previously heard articulated, but it's a good reminder about class. but, you'll note that the israelis were more interested in dumping the chicken in gaza than in using gaza to produce the chicken. that's simply not a system of apartheid. reducing crop yields like that isn't about competition, either, it's about starvation.

i think the reason people have such a hard time understanding that the israeli policy is extermination is due to how ghastly it is. even with so much evidence directly in front of so many experts, few seem to be willing to take that leap and see it for what it really is.

i've been pushing this point for a while - what's happening there is a slow motion genocide, and there are time frames involved in stopping it that are starting to run out.