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The blockades of the Gaza Strip refers to a land, air, and sea blockade on the Gaza Strip by Israel and Egypt from 2007 to present. After the 2005 disengagement from the Gaza Strip by Israel, in 2006, Hamas won the Palestinian legislative election, triggering the 2006–07 economic sanctions against the Palestinian National Authority by Israel and the Quartet on the Middle East after Hamas refused to quit violence, respect previous agreements and recognize Israel. In March 2007, Hamas and Fatah formed a Palestinian authority national unity government headed by Ismail Haniya. Shortly after, in June, Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip in the course of the Battle of Gaza, seizing government institutions and replacing Fatah and other government officials with its own. Following the takeover, Egypt and Israel largely sealed their border crossings with Gaza, on the grounds that Fatah had fled and was no longer providing security on the Palestinian side.
Israel maintains that the blockade is necessary to limit Palestinian rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip on its cities and to prevent Hamas from obtaining other weapons. Prior to its 2011 opening of the Rafah crossing, Egypt maintained that it could not fully open its side of the border since completely opening the border would represent Egyptian recognition of the Hamas control of Gaza, undermine the legitimacy of the Palestinian National Authority and consecrate the split between Gaza and the West Bank.
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Gaza has been described as the world's largest open air prison. Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip has had catastrophic results for average Palestinians living there. We look at the the unforgiving realities they face everyday. Watch more on Israel and Palestine: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZd3QRtSy5LNqTTQagN3IgbqVPtEIQOp1 Subscribe for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV3Nm3T-XAgVhKH9jT0ViRg?sub_confirmation=1 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ajplus Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ajplusenglish Learn more about AJ+: http://www.ajplus.net/ Additional Resources: 1. AJE's Gaza interactive: http://ajinteractive.businesscatalyst.com/GazaLifeofSiegeJazeera/index.html 2. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Oc...
Israels blockade of Gaza has been in place for almost three years. Building on existing closures and restrictions, the blockade means the delay or denial of a broad range of items food, industrial, educational, medical deemed "non-essential" for a population largely unable to be self-sufficient at the end of decades of occupation. The blockade prevents access by sea, land and air, effectively closing off a population of 1.5 million Palestinians from the outside world. This short film examines what the blockade means for the people of Gaza, as they struggle to rebuild their lives over a year after Operation Cast Lead.
Israel has imposed a blockade on the strip for nearly a decade. Observers say the Palestinian territory is suffering record levels of unemployment, and more and more people are sliding into abject poverty. AL Jazeera's Tony Birtley reports from Gaza, where ordinary people are coping under extraordinary circumstances. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/
All-female activist boat carrying aid from Spain to the Gaza Strip is taken into Israeli custody. Al Jazeera's Bernard Smith reports from the Israeli port of Ashdod. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/
Abby Martin speaks with Phyllis Bennis with the Institute for Policy Studies, about the flooding of Gaza, and the effects of the ongoing blockade that has come to characterize the Israeli occupation of Gaza and the West Bank. LIKE Breaking the Set @ http://fb.me/BreakingTheSet FOLLOW Abby Martin @ http://twitter.com/AbbyMartin
Canada's pro-Zionist government is complicit in the blockade of Gaza. The Canada Boat to Gaza challenges the blockade in November 2011.
Since January 2009 Israel has imposed a maritime closure on the Gaza Strip for the purpose of protecting the security of Israel's Citizens. Five Steps is a short video explaining the reason for the closure and it's practical implications. For more from the IDF: http://www.idfblog.com/ http://twitter.com/idfspokesperson/ http://www.facebook.com/idfonline/ http://www.idf.il/english/
The Gaza strip has been under an Israeli siege since 2007. Israel says it needs a naval blockade of Gaza to stop arms smuggling to Hamas. The six-mile fishing restriction has forced many fishermen to quit as their business is suffering. A boat with female activists heading towards Gaza is about to be stopped by the Israeli navy. Al Jazeera’s Caroline Malone reports. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/
Marama Davison has returned from her attempted foray into Gaza to highlight the lack of aid getting through the navy blockade, but a Māori Israeli-advocate says Davison may have been swayed by incorrect rhetoric and encourages people to see the situation through the eyes of the Israeli people.
As the blockade imposed by Israel approaches its 9th anniversary, it continues to devastate the lives and livelihoods of 1.8 million Palestinians living in Gaza. More: oxf.am/gaza-crisis. This collective punishment keeps people poor, denies them their rights and fails to make Israel safer. Oxfam calls on the international community to press the Government of Israel to immediately end this stifling blockade and to ease access into and out of Gaza, so the 1.8 million Palestinians living there can claim the basic human rights and freedom they deserve.