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In 2009, one of several Haaretz reports alleged arbitrariness and corruption in Israel's Gaza policy as well as vagueness about what constitutes "humanitarian," let alone the low quantities let in that fall far below minimally sustainable levels for 1.5 million people. As a result, other humanitarian aid efforts and Gaza's tunnel economy supplement to compensate, but never enough to relieve dire conditions that worsen, not improve.
Gisha's Obtained Israeli Documents
They list policies that include:
(1) "The procedure for admitting goods into the Gaza Strip," that regulates how requests for goods transfers are processed and updates allowed products.
(2) "The procedure for monitoring and assessing supply in the Gaza Strip," that regulates the monitoring of the supply of goods permitted, ostensibly to prevent shortages.
(3) "A list of humanitarian products approved for admission into the Gaza Strip."
(4) A document called "Food Needs in Gaza - Red Lines," that reportedly establishes minimal nutritional requirements for subsistence, or as Ehud Olmert advisor Dov Weisglass said in early 2006:
"The idea is to put the Palestinians on a diet, but not to make them die of hunger." In other words, make them suffer enough to reject Hamas or force its officials to accede to Israeli demands and function like Fatah as Tel Aviv's enforcer - and if fail at both, slowly suffocate and strangle the entire population.
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