The Baseless Charge that Israel Is an Apartheid State, Again

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29. Then any trade sanction is an act of war

Only 5% of Israel's imports came through the strait, and ships could easily be rerouted.

Only 117 Israeli-flagged ships arrived at the port of Eilat over ten years: when the U.S. asked for shipping data, Israel initially declared the data classified because it was so damaging to their argument that the Straits were vitally important. UN officials report that no Israeli-flagged ship had gone through the Straits in nearly two years.


Nasser offered to resolve the conflict in peace, but Israel deliberately chose war.