That Reut Institute report on Israel’s need to deal with the issue of Palestinian human rights in the wake of the Gaza flotilla disaster makes it clear that it is Israeli policy to divide the Palestinian people. Reut is close to the Israeli gov’t; and it’s no wonder that the West Bank and Gaza are turning into separate political entities, Israel has steered things that way. Reut pt. 16):
Operation Cast Lead (01/09) epitomized Israel’s conundrum in Gaza: Israel has no wish to control Gaza and prefers the current Hamas government to chaos. In addition, it is more comfortable with the present split between the West Bank and Gaza than with a Hamas-Fatah national unity government.
