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Similar restrictions apply to entering Israel from Jordan through Allenby Crossing.
According to Gisha Executive Director Sari Bashi:
"Palestinians in Gaza can travel to and trade with almost any place in the world -- except Palestinian towns in the West Bank.""Israel's separation policy is blocking economic recovery in Gaza and deepening what threatens to be an irreversible split between the two parts of the Palestinian territory."
Life in isolated Gaza is harsh. Slow-motion genocide remains policy. An estimated 1.7 million people live in the world's largest open-air prison.
Institutionalized harshness affects them. Sustained resistance is their only recourse. It's true as well for millions of West Bank and East Jerusalem residents. A third Intifada is long overdue.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at Email address removed .
His new book is titled "How Wall Street Fleeces America: Privatized Banking, Government Collusion and Class War"
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