Since this is HN let met just say that I hope you don't apply the same sort of oversimplification to the code you write. Technically Gaza may have been under Egyptian control historically but Egypt doesn't want it back. Israel has no presence in Gaza. So there's no occupation in Gaza and no apartheid in Gaza any more than there is South Korean occupation and apartheid in North Korea. That doesn't mean everything is right in that region but unfortunately there are no simple solutions that satisfy the wishes of both sides.
Why can't North Korea import missiles and parts for their nuclear program through the South Korean border? I say, we must protest that. Israel is at war with the Gaza entity so they blockade it (partially, oddly enough Gaza does get a lot of supplies from Israel). To continue the analogy, just like North Korea can import through its border with China so can Gaza through its border with Egypt. As evidence of there being no effective blockade look at the amount of weaponry available to the Gaza people. Israel doesn't pretend to treat Gaza well so there's no need to whitewash that. However to some extent it's a function of Gaza's attacks on Israel. In the west bank Israel also doesn't treat the Palestinians that well and the "apartheid/occupation" argument may hold a tiny bit more water there but it's also some sort of more stable Palestinian partial autonomy over there. The west bank used to be under Jordanian control and Jordan doesn't want it back either. Anyway, as I was saying the situation is far from simple. It's not black and white.
Because if they had that access, they would import weapons to use to kill Israeli civilians. Are you forgetting which side of this conflict tends to strap bombs onto their chests before walking into a nightclub?
Is it the same side that straps children to the front of armoured troop carriers? You're trying to make this a dichotomic issue when its not. How do you expect Hamas to maintain a truce with Israel when Israel prevents them from acquiring the basic tools necessary to govern!
I get it, no confectionery == we'll fire missiles randomly at your country. If confectionery is so important why don't they smuggle some from Egypt. Israel does have a policy of minimizing what they allow through their border to a bare minimum but there is another border and there is an option to negotiate improving the situation. If you said the policy was stupid I might agree with you but it doesn't justify the Hamas. If Hamas was motivated to reach some sort of long term stability they would act differently.
> How do you expect Hamas to maintain a truce with Israel
I don't, because Hamas is a terrorist organization with the express goal of destroying Israel. And it's not for lack of candy, either.
> Is it the same side that straps children to the front of armoured troop carriers?
Um, do you have any kind of evidence of that ever happening, or is this just another blood libel? Google literally brings up your comment as the only relevant result.
this is war.