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A Palestinian child fills plastic bottles and jerry cans with drinking water from a public tap at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) headquarters in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, November 28 ,2012. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash 90)

Gaza’s humanitarian crisis began long before Hamas

The deliberate suffocation of Gaza began in the 90s, when the first restrictions on the movement of Palestinians were introduced. By Amir Rotem A macabre drama has been playing out every Friday along the border fence separating the Gaza Strip and Israel, complete with live broadcasts, press coverage, commentary, and even real-time spectators. An armed military stands on…

By +972 Magazine April 11, 2018

Palestinians warm themselves around a fire in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on January 15, 2014, (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

‘If we ever get 24 straight hours of electricity, it’ll be a culture shock’

With the electricity crisis far from being over, Gaza resident Ghada Al-Haddad recalls that the dire situation in the Strip is not a temporary exigency, but rather a culmination of a persistent reality that has developed over a decade of closure. By Ghada Al-Haddad To children born after 2006 in the Gaza Strip, stories about…

By +972 Magazine July 14, 2017

Palestinian kids seen at the entrance to a house in a flooded area following heavy rainfall, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on February 15, 2017. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Gazans being held hostage by Israeli, PA gamesmanship

The Israeli cabinet decided to accept Mahmoud Abbas’ request that the electricity supply to Gaza be cut. The army has warned against doing so, but it seems that for Israel, Abbas’ interests are more important than people’s lives. Who says there is no coordination between the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority? On Sunday evening,…

By Orly Noy June 12, 2017

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[op-ed] Israelis, stop swimming in our shit

A new report by Al-Shabaka, the Palestinian Policy Network details the damage that consecutive Israeli military assaults have caused to Gaza’s water systems, whereby 95 percent of the water consumed in the Strip for decades has been unfit for human consumption. By Sam Bahour Palestinians in Gaza are starting to wake up from the shell-shock of Israel’s 51-day Ramadan…

By +972 Magazine September 5, 2014