18. December 2007
First from Gaza. It’s the ordinary Palestinians that are being harmed by Israel’s decision to cut back fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip:
Gaza has been virtually cut off from the outside world since Hamas seized control of the strip in June. Its economy has been crippled by Israeli sanctions and checkpoints. Israel insists the restrictions will remain in place, because its border towns are still coming under rocket attacks from Gaza. But as Jacky Rowland reports, a growing number of people in Gaza are living in poverty.
International donors were asked last Monday to pledge billions of dollars in financial aid to the Palestinian Authority.
Since 1994, nearly $10bn in international aid has been pledged to the PA but more than half the population still living in poverty.
Al Jazeera’s Ayman Mohyeldin looks at where the money has gone.
Conditions in West Bank cities are not better. Al Jazeera’s David Chater travelled to two West Bank cities to speak to businessmen and families about conditions there.
Written by Haitham on 18. December 2007, 0025hrs // Part of Haitham's adventure in Gaza, Israel, Palestine, Video, War Crimes, West Bank // Other posts by Haitham
