Besieged: The Economic Impact of the Israeli Siege on Gaza

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Since 2007, Israeli authorities have imposed a devastating land, air and sea blockade on the Gaza Strip, amounting to the illegal collective punishment of its 1.8 million Palestinian inhabitants. It leaves them isolated from the outside world, denied access to their own resources and facing a 45% unemployment rate.

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Data aggregated from Al Jazeera, ARIJ, B’Tselem, CS Monitor, Gisha, Palestinian CBS, World Bank, UN OCHA and Ynet. Montage adapted from vector art by Natali Snailcat and Alexzel/Shutterstock.

Gaza population https://bit.ly/pcbs-pop2014
Unemployment https://bit.ly/wb-employment (p10)
3-6nm sea blockad https://bit.ly/gisha-blockade
Seaport https://bit.ly/aje-seaport
Airport https://bit.ly/ocha-airport (p3)
$4bn Gas reserve https://bit.ly/fmep-gas
$92m electricity https://bit.ly/arij-cost
Fish shoals https://bit.ly/csm-fish
Fishermen attacks https://bit.ly/ocha-fishermen
$375m imports https://bit.ly/ynet-imports
Restricted land https://bit.ly/btselem-nogo