The international community did not lift a finger. Journeying to Gaza around this time, former high commissioner for human rights Mary Robinson declared that Gaza's “whole civilization has been destroyed, I'm not exaggerating.” The international community still did not lift a finger. In 2008, Israel tightened the blockade, bringing Gaza's infrastructure—in the words of an Israeli human rights organization—“to the brink of collapse.” The international community still did not lift a finger.