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Ordinary Palestinians pay the price of Israeli sanctions | Sabbah’s Blog

Ordinary Palestinians pay the price of Israeli sanctions Written by Haitham on 18. December 2007, 0025hrs // Part of Haitham’s adventure in Gaza, Israel, Palestine, Video, War Crimes, West Bank // Other posts by Haitham First from Gaza. It’s the ordinary Palestinians that are being harmed by Israel’s decision to cut back fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip: Gaza has been virtually cut off from the outside world since Hamas seized control of the strip in June. Its economy has been crippled by Israeli sanctions and checkpoints. Israel insists the restrictions will remain in place, because its border towns are still coming under rocket attacks from Gaza. But as Jacky Rowland reports, a growing number of people in Gaza are living in poverty.

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