Looking at the list of items that are not allowed into Palestine, I just don’t think you can view the purpose of the blockade as anything other than collective punishment designed to make life so miserable that Palestinians elect more moderate leadership than Hamas. Considering that over half the Palestinian population are children, I find this strategy morally repugnant and indefensible. Not only that, the logic behind it is fatally flawed. It makes Palestinians more likely to elect even more hard-line leaders in response.