"Karni is Gaza's economic lifeline."
One of the most puzzling things about the Palestinians is why they shoot themselves in the same foot all the time. They block their own progress. It is they who suffer more than anyone else for their irresponsible actions.
When you think that they could have had a state of their own any time during the past sixty years, but that they prefer to go on disrupting things you realise that their aim is to keep their people unbalanced so that the urge to finish Israel off is forever present.
I think you nailed it. The mohammedans know that if things were to improve in the PA, then the desire for Israel's destruction would wane. They (PA, Hamas, etc.) keep the sheeple sufficiently in a state of malnourishment/dehydration/dementia/dirt poor, etc. and then blame the Jewish people at every possible turn. Sounds a lot like the former USSR (thank Reagan for making it FORMER).
Hardly puzzling to me because I understand the Muzzie mind
Large part of it is they love sado-masochism. They want to dominate or be dominated. They want to punish but being punished will also do just fine. They love the drama and the hoopla and conflict. God forbid they should calm down and advance themselves