If I sent a box of Hershey Chocolate Bars and a box of Twinkies to the Palestinians...?

well, once again, let's play it again real slow. it is NOT the contents of the package that the israelis are concerned with. it is the attempt to cirvent their military blockade. it doesn't matter if it's a box of fluffy kittens....it doesn't go thru the blockade without approval of the israelis. you have the issue confused. if you took yer twinkies and hershey bars to the pentagon and tried to cirvent the security there, yer would be arrested and explaining it to a security chief. the israeli blokade is no different than our embargo on cuba. look at the big picture, not just the tight little narrow place where you are currently looking. politics are complicated. more than meets the eye.