Hamas blunted the blockade by building a network of underground tunnels through which food, weapons and other contraband were smuggled from Egypt.
One of the great policy challenges of the 21st century is how to build policies that translate mobility into economic benefit, rather than building naval blockades and mass-detention camps.
Other political leaders in Ukraine acknowledged that the authorities were facing a serious civil disturbance, including the occupation by protesters of Kiev City Hall and the large Trade Unions building nearby, as well as a blockade of the Cabinet Ministry, which prevented top officials from reaching their offices.
For some of the generals and politicians, the bombing of mainly empty buildings, and the enforcement of a blockade on Palestinian areas, are not tough enough.
Several thousand people protested in Warsaw and other cities after police broke up a blockade of the parliament building in Warsaw in the early hours.
On December 28th Mr Yushchenko called for a blockade of the cabinet building to increase pressure on Mr Yanukovich to concede.There were electoral shenanigans this time.
My reaction to the exclusion of the Dalai Lama from the Vienna Human Rights Conference was to carry out a blockade of the conference building entrance as an act of civil disobedience.
Witnesses said the Parliament building in the center of Jakarta was cleared by 3 A.M. (4 P.M. Monday, Eastern time), but troops maintained a blockade of streets leading to the building.
With the help of police, government ministers managed to bypass a blockade of protesters outside government buildings to hold their regular cabinet meeting.
In Portland, protesters camped outside an ICE facility, creating a blockade with their bodies and preventing workers from reentering the building.
It left in place a blockade on the shipment into Gaza of goods, including concrete that is badly needed to repair buildings damaged in clashes with Israel.
