The idea Gaza Strip is a giant open-air, Israeli-operated prison for 1.5 million Palestinians is being trumpeted again.
This time from the Turkish prime minister. Saturday, I quoted a web post calling it one of the world's biggest prisons.
Saying he can "no longer remain silent on Gaza becoming a giant prison," Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan also said, "Israel must pay the price for what happened."
Nine lives were lost when passengers resisted the Israelis boarding a ship breaking a blockade a week ago Monday. The Israelis sought to ensure no arms were being smuggled into Gaza.
Gaza has been blockaded by Israel and Egypt ever since Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip in 2007. Israel is using the blockade to cut off arms entering the Strip, as the Hamas have lobbed missiles at Israel.
Although nations almost always, when possible, blockade nations they war with, Israel's blockade is being touted as imprisonment of the residents -- and the image is gaining greater acceptance in wake of the battle on deck the Mavi Marmara.
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