Palestinians are now without power, water and food. WHY?
Why have Palestinians been so dependant on Israel for water, power and food?
Partly due to Palestinians constantly waging war on Israel
Today they're too lazy to be bothered to plough fields and tend vege gardens and orchards. International aid is like the Australian dole,
Some 70 years ago Gaza had a flourishing agricultural sector.
"Palestine is known for its fertile land. It's famous for its quality
olive oil (pdf)and other vegetables and fruits products. Many ancient conflicts were fought around this “land of honey and blessings”. The Gaza Strip in the south is famous for its olives, strawberries, and orange trees, and almost as famous for its
grapefruits as the West Bank city of Hebron."
"Cultivated land in Gaza nearly doubled in size between 1948 and 1967, the year Israel occupied Gaza. But in the years that followed production deteriorated, and the contribution of the agricultural sector to local gross income dropped from 28.1% to 16.1%, due to Israeli land confiscation and other aspects of military occupation. In the 70’s and 80’s it deteriorated further as
farmers moved to work in Israel where the incomes were higher. Tens of thousands of people left their lands and started to work in Israel on a daily basis."
However due to Palestinians constantly declaring war on Israel and the Jewish people then Israel has retaliated.
"As Israel pulled out from Gaza in 2005, many people hoped that agriculture would flourish once again. But this was not to be. The
Israeli response to the launch of rockets from Gaza was to create a no-man buffer zone of between one and three kilometres in width for 36 kilometres along the border with Israel in the south of Gaza. Any Palestinian who wanders into this zone will be fired on from the Israeli side. Many Palestinian farmers have been
killed in this area: many more injured. The farmers who owned this land were not allowed to harvest their crops, and watched olive groves being razed, citrus groves and sheep pastures flattened in the last war, if not before that. In the last war alone, Israel managed to destroy more than 57 square kilometres of agricultural land."
What did Palestinians expect when they start killing Israelis
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Since late March 1993, following a series of stabbings inside Israel, a general policy of "closure" - the term referring to Israel's sealing of the West Bank and Gaza - has been in effect in the occupied territories.1 The general closure has, for the last three years, prohibited the movement of Palestinians and of goods from or into the West Bank or Gaza, as well as movement between the occupied territories, except by persons in possession of permits issued by Israel.2 In addition, Israel has repeatedly imposed "total closure," preventing even those who hold valid permits from entering or leaving the West Bank and Gaza.
In February and March 1996, four deadly suicide bombs killed fifty-eight people in Israel, in addition to the suicide bombers, and wounded 200. While Israelis struggled to overcome the fear and terror caused by these bombings, over two million Palestinians found themselves under a state of siege for nearly two weeks, when the government of Israel imposed the strictest total closure in the history of the occupation (hereinafter the "Spring 1996 closure.")3 During the Spring 1996 closure, Israel also placed military checkpoints around the cities and 465 towns and villages of the West Bank, thus blocking movement between them."
Hopefully Israel will clear out Hamas in Gaza for a time, maybe then the people of Gaza have a chance of living in peace until the next mob of Muslims start their killing and terrorising again. The constant cycle that will never end.
