ISRAEL CUTS POWER TO GAZA - COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT IS ALWAYS WRONG

Now Israel pledges not to cause a humanitarian crisis as it reduces power and fuel to Gaza. See the story reported by the BBC. I guess Israel is just going to cause minor inconvenience when Gaza residents have electricity only a few hours a day or they suffer fuel rationing for their autos.

Someone please explain to me why this is not collective punishment? It is just as bad when a grade school teacher holds the whole class back because of the disruptions of a few. It makes no sense, and besides it is unethical. It is also immoral and illegal.

Israel cannot cut off power to a whole population because it wants to punish the acts of the few who fire rockets into Israeli cities. Unless collective punishment is moral and legal. Cutting off water and power now, what will be the next step? Kill half the population as the Romans did two thousand years ago when they wanted to get revenge for seeing their soldiers killed , or as the Nazis did in Italy after popular uprisings.

Whoever suggested cutting the power to Gaza should be dismissed from the Israeli government. And whoever went along with this immoral collective punishment should be booted out of office by Israeli voters.