HISTORICAL SITUATIONGAZA STRIP

MAIN MANUFACTURING EXPORTS TO ISRAEL

AGRICULTURAL, FISHERIES SIGNIFICANT54% OF EMPLOYMENT IN PRIVATE SECTORSOME TOURISM FROM EGYPT (ISRAELI

SETTLEMENTS ALSO TOURIST AREAS BEFORE WITHDRAWAL)

POST 2007 & SEIGE

FLIGHT OF CAPITALNO FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTVIRTUAL RELIANCE ON FOREIGN AID –

STRINGS ATTACHED AS TO PROGRAMMES

FISHERMEN

ISRAEL CONTROLS THE PALESTINIAN TERRRITORIAL WATERS

FROM DEC 08 TO NOVEMBER 2012 IMPOSED A 3 MILE LIMIT

INCREASED TO 6 MILES IN NOVEMBER 2012, BUT SINCE MARCH 2013 BACK TO 3 MILES

ISRAEL HAVE DESTROYED PORTS, BOATS, NETS/FISHING EQUIPMENT

IMPACT ON THE FISHING COMMUNITY IN THE GAZA STRIP

DUE TO THE ATTACKS AT SEA, THE FISHING LIMITS, AND A BAN ON EXPORTS, THE NUMBER OF WORKING FISHERMEN HAS FALLEN FROM 10,000 IN 1999 TO 3,200 TODAY, DRAMATICALLY AFFECTING THE LIVELIHOODS OF 39,000 DEPENDENTS.

THE 3,200 FISHERMEN WHO ARE STILL WORKING PROVIDE FOR THE LIVELIHOOD OF 19,200 DEPENDENTS

VIOLATIONS

FISHING EXCLUSION AND BUFFER ZONE CONSTITUTE COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT AND A VIOLATION OF THE RIGHT TO WORK UNDER ARTICLE 6 & 7 OF THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS (ICESCR)

DENIES FARMERS AND FISHERMEN THE RIGHT TO SUSTAIN AND FEED THEMSELVES (ARTICLE 11 OF THE ICESCR) AND ARTICLE 24(2) (c)CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD

AGRICULTURE

ISRAEL HAS UNILATERALLY IMPOSED A ‘BUFFER ZONE’ ALONG THE BORDER, OFFICIALY EXTENDS 300 METRES INTO STRIP

IN REALITY CAN EXTEND TO 1,500 METRES FROM THE FENCE, IMPOSED WITH LETHAL FORCE

PRIOR TO CLOSURE

PRODUCED OVER 400,000 TONS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ANNUALLY, ONE THIRD FOR EXPORT

5,000 FARMERS EXPORTING GOODSDUE TO INABLITY TO EXPORT 40% DROP

IN INCOME FOR FARMERSIN 2008 ALONE LOST $US 6.8 MILLION

AGRICULTURE CONT.

IN 2012

96 SHOOTINGS55 SHELLINGS67 INCURSIONS32 PALESTINIANS DIED, 188 INJURED53 DETAINED

CAST LEAD-TARGETTING OF PRODUCTION FACILITIES

GOLDSTONE REPORT CONCLUDED;DESTRUCTION OF ONLY CEMENT

PACKAGING PLANT IN GAZAFACTORIES FOR READY MIX CONCRETECHICKEN FARMSTHE WADIYAH GROUP’S FOOD AND DRINK

FACTORIESDELIBERATE TARGETING OF INDUSTRIAL

SITES AND WATER INSTALLATIONS

SINCE 2007 (HAMAS TAKEOVER)

ABSOLUTE CLOSURE OF TERRITORYTOTAL BAN ON EXPORT OF GAZA STRIP

PRODUCTSEXCEPTING LIMITED QUANTITIES OF

FLOWERS AND STRAWBERRIES95% OF THE 3,900 INDUSTRIAL

ESTABLISHMENTS CLOSED DUE TO RESTRICTIONS ON IMPORTS OF RAW MATERIALS/BAN ON EXPORTS

INDUSTRY

95% OF THE 3,900 INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS CLOSED DUE TO RESTRICTIONS ON IMPORTS OF RAW MATERIALS/BAN ON EXPORTS

REMAINING 5% WORK AT 20-50% OF CAPACITY

LOSS OF BETWEEN 100,000 AND 120,000 JOBS

EGYPTIAN IMPACT

ACCORDING TO GAZA’S ECONOMICS MINISTRY, $450M (£280M) LOST MID-JUNE TO AUGUST AS A RESULT OF THE TUNNEL CLOSURES.

¼ MILLION JOBS LOST, CONSTRUCTION, SERVICES, TRANSPORT AND STORAGE, MANUFACTURING AND AGRICULTURE.

GOVERNMENT'S INCOME SLUMPED, LOSING REVENUE FROM TAXES ON GOODS BROUGHT THROUGH THE TUNNELS.

AROUND 47,000 GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES PAID 1/2 SALARIES FOR AUGUST

CAIRO CURRENTLY CLOSING RAFAH CROSSING FOR LONG PERIODS.

FUEL VIRTUALLY DRIED UP FROM EGYPT AND SMALL AMOUNT FROM ISRAEL COSTLY, LEADING TO POWER CUTS, NOW UP TO 12 HOURS

SEWAGE PLANTS NOT OPERATING

HUMAN COST

A PEOPLE THAT ARE COLLECTIVELY PUNISHED

A DEPENDENCY ON FOREIGN AIDCONSTANT INCURSIONSPSYCHOLOGICAL SCARSMEDICAL IMPLICATIONS BECAUSE OF

CLOSUREEDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS

AL QUDS

BOMBED IN CAST LEAD

PARAMEDICS SUFFERING DOUBLE TRAUMA

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