WikiLeaks Document on Gaza Blockade Puts Israel's Flotilla Propaganda to Shame
Submitted on July 1, 2011
By Alex Kane - June 29, 2011
"Israeli officials have confirmed to [U.S.] Embassy officials on multiple occasions that they intend to keep the Gazan economy functioning at the lowest level possible consistent with avoiding a humanitarian crisis...As part of their overall embargo plan against Gaza, Israeli officials have confirmed...on multiple occasions that they intend to keep the Gazan economy on the brink of collapse without quite pushing it over the edge."
- U.S. State Department cable, published by WikiLeaks
