occupied Palestinian territory: Infrastructure damaged again during hostilities
Source: GishaCountry: occupied Palestinian territoryAugust 10, 2014. The Energy Authority and electricity company repaired eight of ten high tension lines transferring electricity purchased from...
View Articleoccupied Palestinian territory: Water officials in Gaza: 40% of the...
Source: GishaCountry: occupied Palestinian territoryAugust 20, 2014. The Gaza Coastal Municipalities Water Utility (CMWU) reported that 40% of the population does not have access to running water. The...
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occupied Palestinian territory: Turning a new page: The end of the civilian...
Source: GishaCountry: occupied Palestinian territoryAugust 28, 2014. The magnitude of the destruction, the high death toll and trauma caused by the recent round of fighting in Gaza and Israel serve as...
View Articleoccupied Palestinian territory: This is how, at the last minute, the first...
Source: GishaCountry: occupied Palestinian territoryOctober 14, 2014. Two truckloads of agricultural products were expected to exit the Gaza Strip today for sale in the West Bank. The short drive to...
View Articleoccupied Palestinian territory: One step at a time: Israel revises criteria...
Source: GishaCountry: occupied Palestinian territoryOctober 26, 2014. The most recent protocol (Hebrew) on Palestinian movement, which includes exceptions to the rule of closure in Gaza and the West...
View Articleoccupied Palestinian territory: For the first time since the closure: A...
Source: GishaCountry: occupied Palestinian territoryNovember 6, 2014. After more than seven years in which Gaza residents were prevented from selling their goods in the West Bank, a truck carrying 10...
View Articleoccupied Palestinian territory: A truck loaded with seafood departs Gaza for...
Source: GishaCountry: occupied Palestinian territoryNovember 11, 2014. Yesterday morning, a truck loaded with fish and shellfish exited Gaza destined for Ramallah in the West Bank. The shipment, sent...
View Articleoccupied Palestinian territory: Erez Crossing closed since Thursday
Source: GishaCountry: occupied Palestinian territoryJanuary 11, 2015. Erez Crossing closed last Thursday, January 8, following a disagreement between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority (PA) and is...
View Articleoccupied Palestinian territory: Israel bans sale of Gaza strawberries in the...
Source: GishaCountry: occupied Palestinian territoryJanuary 13, 2015. The Palestinian agricultural coordinator in Gaza told Gisha that last week that Israel decided to prohibit the sale of strawberries...
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occupied Palestinian territory: The Gaza Cheat Sheet – Real Data on the Gaza...
Source: GishaCountry: occupied Palestinian territoryEconomic situationMore than 70% of the population relies on humanitarian aid • On the eve of Operation Protection Edge, 57% of the population...
View Articleoccupied Palestinian territory: After shutting down for nearly a month, Rafah...
Source: GishaCountry: occupied Palestinian territoryJanuary 22, 2015. Rafah Crossing, between Gaza and Egypt was reopened on Tuesday for the first time in 28 days. The crossing was open for three days...
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occupied Palestinian territory: Gaza Access and Movement: 2014 Summary
Source: GishaCountry: occupied Palestinian territoryPessimists will rightly say that 2014 was the worst in memory for residents of Gaza. Optimists might say that 2014 was the first year in which there...
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occupied Palestinian territory: A costly divide: Economic repercussions of...
Source: GishaCountry: occupied Palestinian territoryTo read the full position paper, click here. For a print-ready version of the position paper, click here.In the first seven years of the closure,...
View Articleoccupied Palestinian territory: For the first time in eight years: produce...
Source: GishaCountry: occupied Palestinian territoryMarch 12, 2015. For the first time since 2007, Gaza farmers will be able to sell produce in Israel on a somewhat regular basis. Two trucks loaded...
View Articleoccupied Palestinian territory: Dangerous seas
Source: GishaCountry: occupied Palestinian territoryYesterday marked the end of a three-day strike declared by Gaza’s fishermen in mourning and protest over the killing of one of their colleagues and...
View Articleoccupied Palestinian territory: COGAT decision to restrict entrance of wood...
Source: GishaCountry: occupied Palestinian territoryApril 13, 2015. The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) announced (Hebrew) in late March that lumber pieces that are 20...
View Articleoccupied Palestinian territory: For the first time since March: Rafah...
Source: GishaCountry: occupied Palestinian territory• At least 15,000 people stuck in Gaza, including thousands of medical patients and hundreds of students • Israel mostly prevents Gaza residents from...
View Articleoccupied Palestinian territory: Rafah Crossing will remain open until Thursday
Source: GishaCountry: Egypt, occupied Palestinian territoryJune 16, 2015. The Egyptian authorities have decided to extend the operation of the Rafah crossing, which was supposed to close yesterday,...
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occupied Palestinian territory: Separating Land, Separating People: Legal...
Source: GishaCountry: occupied Palestinian territoryRestricting movement, dividing a peopleA new convoy or flotilla of ships sailing to Gaza, the fifth since the Israeli navy intercepted the...
View Articleoccupied Palestinian territory: oPt: Protective Edge: One year later – too...
Source: GishaCountry: occupied Palestinian territoryA year after Operation Protective Edge was launched, data collected by Gisha shows an alarming gap between the rhetoric about mobilizing for Gaza’s...
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