From time to time, the Palestine Center distributes articles it believes will enhance understanding of the Palestinian political reality. The following article by Kate Shuttleworth was published by The National on January 4, 2016.
“Young bear the burden of Israel’s siege of Gaza”
Haisam and Karam are just two of an estimated 104,000 children forced into labour in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, according to a United States department of labour report. With nearly half of the adult population out of work, the World Banks says Gaza’s unemployment rate is probably the highest in the world.
After Hamas won the 2006 election in Gaza and seized control from Fatah, the leading secular Palestinian party, Israel blockaded Gaza by air, land and sea. Unemployment climbed, and today, after three wars in under six years, the economy is on its knees.
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