I asked a friend on another forum to explain to me what was going on: her words not mine:
there are many things you dont know about gaza . Gaza was a big ghetto crying for help . Yes the Illegal Settlers have left in 2005 BUT ALL the exits of Gaza have been Shut firmly and Israel has the keys . Rafah on egypt side is also Locked up on Israel recommendations - Gaza fishermen are daily targeted sometimes killed by Israeli gunships Gaza can not import or export anything because the gates are open once or twice a month when it suits israel s mood . so their produce most of the time rots (vegetables , fruits , flowers they were hoping to send to europe ) People in gaza can not travel freely for work , study , medical treatment only for extreme cases ( 300 have been killed in the last 6 months because of that ) there is no electricty , there is no fuel (they buy it from israel cant buy it from anyone else ) there is a lack of water . the sewage system is about to burst and sinks homes since there is no electricy to clean it AID has stopped totally for the last 2 Years , people work with NO Salaries for 2 years because people voted for hamas . so bills are unpaid and people have sold
everything they owned to survive .
some people are burning their furniture to keep warm the Bakeries are out of flour , and people are linning up outside for hours to get some bread . the UNRWA lack funds (and Arabs have been warned by America not to help or their banks will be on a red list ) and Oxfam says the situation is catastrophic
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