Hamas About to be Wiped out by Invisible Force

I had written the following in my post "Really Damaging the UN's Image, Respectability and Credibility - II "

UN Mideast Envoy - Misdirected efforts

UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Mideast envoy warned Wednesday of impending economic collapse in the Gaza Strip unless Israel reopens the Hamas-led territory’s main commercial crossing to the outside world to ease international isolation. - LGF

This is kind of amusing. HAMAS violently takes control of the Gaza Strip. They refuse to recognize Israel. They kidnap Israeli Soldier Gilad Shalit, killing two other soldiers in the process and have held him hostage for over a year. Yet none of this is a problem for the UN. There is no reason why Israel should reopen the border crossings without some sort of outreach emanating from HAMAS. Maybe the Israelis are waiting to get their soldier back. Maybe they are waiting for a statement confirming their recognition of Israel. The UN's Envoy should perhaps be spending his time talking to HAMAS, pointing out that Israel is prepared to starve them all out. After all, HAMAS thinks that they are capable of doing this. Might as well take advantage of it. One problem, since when has HAMAS been concerned with economic collapse in the Gaza Strip? Not that they have to. They have the UN to be concerned for them. - FFI

Apparently the UN Envoy's plea was not loud enough, so they had to try again:

Gaza could become completely dependant on aid within weeks because of economic damage caused by Israeli restrictions on border crossings, the UN has said.

All 600 garment factories in Gaza have closed, because they cannot import raw materials, a UN relief agency said.

And more than 90% of factories involved in the construction industry have shut down and laid off workers. - BBC

Well this is to be expected as those who are currently in charge of Gaza have an open policy of not recognizing Israel and fight for its destruction. They also continue to hold Israeli Soldier Gilad Shalit hostage. So, if anything, Hamas needs to make the next move. At the moment they don't seem too interested in doing so.

You see, Hamas is using the population of the Gaza Strip as hostages. This gives the UN an excuse to rush to their aid which benefits Hamas. They are after all getting their food from the UN like everyone else in Gaza. What do you think would happen if the UN refused to give militants food, provided they could even identify them?

So Israel should continue to increase pressure on the Gaza Government. Since most of the Gaza population is currently dependant on UN food aid, I would reduce the number of aid trucks permitted into Gaza each day by one. That will at least force some sort of conclusion to this standoff.

At the moment, Hamas's strategy of denying the existance of Israel looks like a sure loser. Just who do they think is starving them out?