Israel and Military Blockade

civilian population: To make matters worse, the Gaza Strip has been subject to a total military blockade for eight years that has crippled the local economy, and exacerbated massive health and infrastructural crises, according to Rabble. After Hamas was elected in a free and fair election, Israel imposed a blockade on the territory by land, air and sea . What this means in practice is that an entire civilian population of 1.8 million is prevented from exporting its goods, and has very minimal access to goods from abroad. Roughly eighty percent of the population are considered refugees by the UN, and live in refugee camps, as they have always been barred by Israel from returning to their homes and traditional lands, and denied any form of compensation to this day or even an apology. Israel fully controls everything that is able to enter into Gaza, allowing Israel to monopolize, quite lucratively, the foreign market. The need to lift the blockade has become even more urgent in the aftermath of Israel massive 2014 military assaults on the besieged territory. According to a recent World Bank report— which describes Gaza economy as being on the verge of collapse — the blockade has created the world highest unemployment rate at 43%. The punishment that the Palestinians of Gaza have endured is incomprehensible. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.