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Who is to blame as the primary cause of the conflict?

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Who is to blame as the primary cause of the conflict?

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• Hamas caused blockade/conflict by adopting terrorism Ephraim Sneh. “Why Israel Is Bombing Gaza”. Washington Post. January 1, 2009 – “In January 2006, rule over Gaza passed to the Hamas government under Ismail Haniyeh. Instead of bringing investors to Gaza, the Hamas government brought the guerrilla-warfare trainers of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. […] In June 2007, in a brutal and bloody military coup, Hamas took control of Gaza and soon killed or chased out the leaders of President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah movement. Gaza became nothing less than a military base for Iran. […] The Hamas takeover is what in effect locked the gates of Gaza and forced its residents to suffer.” • Palestinians, not Israeli blockade, are to blame for failed Gaza economy “Was Hamas Provoked?”. International Jewish News. January 8, 2009 – “Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip in August, 2005. Not only did Israel not attempt to defeat economic recovery in Gaza, Israel went out of her way to give it an initi