The continued blockade of Gaza is 'a flagrant violation of international law'

Remember that the blockade is legal and besides, it is applied as well by Egypt?
Remember that basic humanitarian goods are there since the beginning while they lack in Niger?
Remember that Gaza is occupied by a terrorist organization named Hamas?
Remember that they violate humanitarian laws by denying basic rights to Gilad Shalit?

Remember that "Amnesy International" forgets too many things?

So are you justifying the whole blockade of the whole Gazan population what amounts to a 'collective punishment', on the basis that Gilad has been captured?

Does that make it right? The Gazan population has nothing to do with Gilad. Likewise, you seem to justify Israel's violation of human rights, on the basis that Hamas does indeed violate Gilad's rights.

Jose, your justifying Israel's behaviour, by saying that its ok as Hamas 'a terrorist' organisation does similar violations. Your basically saying Israel is a terrorist state

So are you justifying the whole blockade of the whole Gazan population what amounts to a 'collective punishment', on the basis that Gilad has been captured

No, that is your interpretation, based on fantasies. Gilad has nothing to see with the blockade, you see. It is the illegal 'coup' of the Hamas that triggered it. Otherwise, why would Egypt participate to it.
Therefore the blockade is not a collective punishment, just because Hamas was elected by Gazans. A democratic election, so they are collectively responsible of the actions of their chosen leaders. Actions of terrorist aggression.

The only terrorist 'state' is Hamastan.

So using your logic, all Israeli's should be held accountable for the policies of the Israeli government?

Clearly your argument is nonsense and the blockade is a 'collective punishment' it is not politically undermining Hamas and is simply causing an humanitarian disaster for the Gazan population, the blockade is illegal and must end

So using your logic, all Israeli's should be held accountable for the policies of the Israeli government?

That is what BDS bigots do, by the way.
But that is right: in democratic countries, people are responsible of what the elected government does.

Clearly your argument is nonsense

Only to a bigot that does not realise he applies exacly that kind of "collective punishment" to the whole Israel.

it is not politically undermining Hamas

Considering the poor resistance Hamas showed during the Cast Lead retaliation, this is a fantasy.

is simply causing an humanitarian disaster

Only in your dreams: reality show the contrary. No humanitarian crisis in Gaza. In Niger, a country that you don't care for, there is a famine going on and people at risk of dying of hunger. Only Blacks, of course, so you don't care, right?

The blockade is totally legal and applied by Egypt as well (while Egypt was never attacked by Hamas).

both ibrows and jose are talking nonsense

they are are stating what they want international law to be, not what it actually is

amnesty international is wrong … "collective punishment" is not illegal, only "collective penalties" are

from the fourth geneva convention …

Art. 33. No protected person may be punished for an offence he or she has not personally committed. Collective penalties and likewise all measures of intimidation or of terrorism are prohibited.

the difference, in international law, of course is that "penalties" deprive people of something that they have a right to (life, liberty, etc … deprivation of these is covered by the law of reprisal), while "punishment" deprives them of things which they might otherwise enjoy (eg, the opportunity to buy goods from abroad), but which they don't actually have a right to (deprivation of these is covered by the law of retortion … in armed conflict, reprisal is generally illegal, but retortion isn't)

economic sanctions, including blockade (provided, of course, that sufficient food and medical supplies are allowed in) are retortion, not reprisal … punishment, not penalty … and are not illegal

the united nations, for example has never said that the gaza blockade is illegal …

(even john holmes, un undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs, a major critic of the blockade, does not claim that it is illegal

indeed he clearly refrains from doing so, see http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN18343083 (my italics) …)

"We all understand the security problems and the need to respond to that but collective punishment of the people of Gaza is not, we believe, the appropriate way to do that," said John Holmes

this "flagrant violation" soundbite is from a statement by amnesty international on 1 june 2010 at http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/suffocating-gaza-israeli-blockades-effects-palestinians-2010-06-01

As a form of collective punishment, Israel’s continuing blockade of Gaza is a flagrant violation of international law.

(see also their statement of the same date at http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/israeli-authorities-urged-commission-international-inquiry-2010-06-01 "… it is a form of collective punishment in contravention of international law …")

unfortunately, despite being wrong in law, this soundbite is regularly quoted as "gospel"

both ibrows and jose are talking nonsense

Then you proceed to your strawmans. Please read my statements and compare with what you deny with yours.
At best, you consider the Gaza blockade to be "collective punishment" while I don't. As I don't consider blockading Germany during WW II was "collective punishment".
And only a fool would consider it "collective punishment".