Updates
Israel closes crossings between Gaza and Israel, blocks all access to “fishing zone”
March 25, 2019. This morning the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories closed the crossings between Israel and Gaza to movement of people and goods and imposed a sweeping prohibition on access to the “fishing zone” off Gaza’s coast. Trucks arriving at Kerem Shalom Crossing are being turned away, and exit of people from the Strip via Erez Crossing is limited to humanitarian exceptions. These measures are extremely damaging to residents of Gaza.
Human rights organizations in Israel: The fundamental rights of Gaza residents should not be conditional on politics
March 17, 2019. The Association for Civil Rights in Israel, B’Tselem, Gisha and Physicians for Human Rights Israel express concern about and object to the arrests and violent dispersal of demonstrations in the Gaza Strip.
Unemployment rate in Gaza reaches new record-high of 52 percent in 2018
March 13, 2019. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the unemployment rate in Gaza reached 52 percent in 2018, nearly eight percent higher than 2017 and more than 20 percent higher than 2007.
