From time to time, the Palestine Center distributes articles it believes will enhance understanding of the Palestinian political reality. The following article by Johnathon Cook was published in Mondoweiss on January 22, 2018.
Last week Israeli military officials for the first time echoed what human rights groups and the United Nations have been saying for some time: that Gaza’s economy and infrastructure stand on the brink of collapse. They should know. More than 10 years ago the Israeli army tightened its grip on Gaza, enforcing a blockade on goods coming in and out of the tiny coastal enclave that left much of the 2 million-strong population there unemployed, impoverished and hopeless.
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