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Operation Cast Lead destroyed or severely damaged hundreds of businesses and factories. As a result, an estimated 120,000 private sector jobs were lost. Gaza's tunnel economy compensates but can't replace a normally functioning economy, impossible under siege prohibiting a way to rebuild.
Solutions Not Forthcoming
With Fatah running the West Bank and Hamas (Gaza's legitimate government, bogusly designated a terrorist organization) in charge of Gaza, "most funds are being channeled to the West Bank instead of Gaza and 80 percent of Gaza's population is living under the poverty line."
Commenting, British MP Robert Marshall-Andrews said:
"We find greater-than-apparent significance in the destruction of parliamentary, administrative and police buildings....when we place it in the context of similar actions that have been systematically conducted in the past few years in areas such as Nablus and Ramallah. By destroying civilian infrastructure for both politics and policing, the Israeli forces continue to undermine the argument they make about Palestinians not being able to be a partner for peace that can deliver security."
Maliciously taking away their livelihoods and the argument increases several fold. "The people of Gaza await justice!"
ECESG's Call to Action
Rhetoric aside, EU nations failed to translate words to actions. They and America must take the lead to end the blockade to prevent June 2010 from being its third anniversary. Specifically ECESG calls for:
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