Humanitarian Measures for Gaza Don’t Decrease Terror

Thousands of Gazans gathered at the border fence on Tuesday night, throwing rocks, burning tires, and launching incendiary devices attached to kites and balloons. Meanwhile, Egypt is still trying to broker a truce between Hamas and Israel, while Israeli politicians are considering steps to improve the economic and humanitarian situation in the Strip—such as expanding fishermen’s access to coastal waters or building a port—in order to end the rioting. Hillel Frisch argues that ever since the withdrawal from Gaza in 2005, there has been no correlation between economic improvements in the territory and reductions in terror.