How to end the blockade of GazaStephen M. Walt
(ANTIMEDIA)The blockade of Gaza by Israel is primarily enforced by the fact that Israel controls the waters off the coast of Gaza, the air space above it, and the massive series of walls that surround the land. The walls are still under construction and are constantly being lengthened. The...
What is the blockade of Gaza?Question:What is the blockade of Gaza?Contentious Region:Prior to the establishment of Israel after World War II, Palestinians lived in the region, part of which included the Gaza Strip. This strip is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea, Israel, and Egypt.Answer...
The blockade alsoincreased food insecurityby preventing meaningful development of an economy in Gaza. TheU.N. citesthe “excessive production and transaction costs and barriers to trade with the rest of the world” imposed by Israel as the primary cause of severe underdevelopment in the occupied te...
About 25,000 truckloads of food, medical supplies, hygiene products, tents and other supplies entered Gaza during the six weeks between the ceasefire coming into effect in mid-January and the new blockade two weeks ago.This has given humanitarian agencies a bit of a safety net but things will...
Aid agencies say the population of Gaza remains highly vulnerable and that the blockade of humanitarian supplies to a civilian population is unacceptable in any circumstances.Oxfam said: Israels decision, to block aid to over 2 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip as Ramadan begins, is a ...
When the agreed first phase of the ceasefire ended 17 days ago, Israel reimposed a blockade on Gaza, cutting off all supplies.The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) warned on Wednesday that medics were struggling to manage a sharp increase in casualties over the last 36 hours ...
Israel re-imposed a tight blockade on Gaza 17 days ago, hours after the first official phase of the ceasefire ended. Prices of basic essentials immediately soared amid panic-buying, then calmed. Now they are spiking again, with a kilo of potatoes now costing the equivalent of $5, four ...
Gaza, Ahlam said, trying to keep her exhausted, squirming child in her lap. Life had begun to improve gradually over the six weeks of the ceasefire, but Netanyahus blockade imposed on Sunday instantly triggered a doubling in the price of flour and sugar, and along with it, the dread of ...
Israel continues to batter territory in renewed offensive as Palestinian officials say death toll of war has passed 50,000 Malnutrition is spreading in Gaza, medics and aid workers in the devastated Palestinian territory are warning, as a total Israeli blockade of all supplies enters its fourth ...