Updates

Israel will allow marketing of ironworks, furniture and textile from Gaza in Israel Israel will allow marketing of ironworks, furniture and textile from Gaza in Israel
September 21, 2015. COGAT: As of October 7, Israel will allow marketing of goods from Gaza in Israel (Read More)

Gaza electricity distribution company: Unprecedented electricity crisis in Gaza Gaza electricity distribution company: Unprecedented electricity crisis in Gaza
September 20, 2015. Severe disruptions in Gaza’s electricity supply (Read More)

School year starts in Gaza with half the schools on strike School year starts in Gaza with half the schools on strike
August 25, 2015. Teachers in UNRWA schools are on strike, and about 250,000 students stayed home (Read More)

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In Focus

The Gaza Cheat Sheet – Real Data on the Gaza Closure
july, 2015. In this information sheet you will find concise answers to questions such as: What is the economic situation in... (Read More)

Made in Gaza
March, 2015. We held five focus groups, each one consisting of representatives of one of the following industries: furniture, food processing,... (Read More)

A costly divide: Economic repercussions of separating Gaza and the West Bank
February 26, 2015. Gisha’s new position paper, “A costly divide”, looks at the economic ramifications of Gaza’s separation from the West... (Read More)

Gaza Strip Map Gaza Strip Map
September 2013. A new and detailed map of the Gaza Strip. Source:... (Read More)

Gisha in Action

S’s application were repeatedly refused even though she met the criteria
March 11, 2015. S met her son who is incarcerated in Israel only twice during the first eight years of his... (Read More)

Back to Gaza
February 15, 2015. After Hamas took over, Hanan left Gaza. She did not imagine that for seven years Israel would not... (Read More)

Your mother passed away? Please wait here
December 31, 2014. Samah’s mother passed away, and she spent the first day of mourning on a bench at the DCO.... (Read More)

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