A recent report by three international bodies, EuroMid Observer for Human Rights, Palestinian Return Centre in London and the Malaysian Consultative Organization, states that the Gaza Strip is living through dreadful shortages of medical supplies and extreme difficulties in freedom of movement. The also state that the situation is unsustainable. What this means to the people of Gaza is abject deprivation, deteriorating health and increasing injustice. It is easy to draw parallels with the way that the Nazis treated the people in their concentration camps, to the way that the Israeli state is treating the people of Gaza, it is illegal collective punishment. It is in effect a large concentration camp run by the Israeli military.
Thousands of Palestinians and foreigners wanting to leave the Strip as well as thousands wanting to enter face major difficulties because of the closure of the crossing the report said. The report, which had a detailed look at the effects of the siege since its early stages, summarised the current deterioration in living conditions in Gaza as being at its worst since November 2008, when Israel launched a full-scale military operation, Cast Lead.Read the full article HERE:
The unemployment rate in Gaza has hit 35.5 per cent, according to the report, and the rate is set to continue to rise as more tunnels are being closed day by day. As a result of the shortage of fuel and electricity, only a quarter of households receive running water for a couple of hours on a daily basis. People started to feel the shortage of clean drinking water as mass filters cut daily work hours.
