Truth or BS?

That's the question all of us face every day on all levels - from world issues to personal issues. None of us is always correct in our answer to that question, for it is a very difficult question. Some of us adopt the attitude that if I say it, it is positively, definitely true. This is an attitude that both Hamas and Israel have adopted when discussing the Gaza Strip. Here's an example.

Maxwell Gaylard, the UN's chief humanitarian coordinator in Israel, says that before the attack Israel willfully prevented the UN from building up its supply of food for Gazans in need. "The food was in Israel but we couldn't get it in. This is before. The blockade was very tight."

The response of the Israelis? "unqualified bullshit". "At no time was there a shortage of food in Gaza over the past three weeks."

Yet it is pretty obvious that there was a considerable lack of food and other necessities of life in Gaza for the past three weeks.

Who is telling the truth?