The Reflections of Israeli Siege over Economic and Social

The Reflections of Israeli Siege over Economic and Social Indices on Gaza

Strip

Abd ElRahman J AlFar

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, Samir M Abu Mdallalah and Eman A ALkhoudary

Department of Economics, University of Palestine , Al-Azhar University Gaza, Palestine

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Corresponding

author: Abd ElRahman J AlFar, Department of Economics, Economics Lecturer, Al-Azhar University Gaza, Palestinian University, Palestine, Tel:

+970-08-2641885; E-mail: a.alfar@live.com

have become more rigorous since 2000 and increased with the construction of the Apartheid wall in 2002. After the

Israeli retraction from Gaza in 2005, the economic conditions were exacerbated in which Israel continued control

over the air, sea and land private sectors. Moreover, in 2007, the restrictions have increased and switched into

expanded blockade separates Gaza strip from the outside world.

In spite of the mitigations that carried on during 2007-2015 period, represents in increasing the goods quantities

which allowed to enter and exit from Gaza Strip for commercial purposes and the increasing number of Palestinians

who are allowed to leave through Eretz crossing, the siege and its effects still exists till now.

Keywords Economics; Politics; Sectors; Goods; Territories; Natural

resources; GDP; Customs

Part 1: e Siege Concept, Mechanisms and Stages

provinces, between the Palestinian territory and the outside world and

Israel on the other hand, including the diculties caused by the partial

or total stop to the movement of land crossings, sea or air” [1].

As noted from the denition, it focused only on the movement of

people and goods. So it should distinguish here between the concepts

of siege and closure, in which the siege is broader and wider than the

closure that the closure is one of blockade mechanisms. In regard, the

periods when the crossings were opened included many actions and

complex restrictions that calls for Israel implementation, which leads

to hindering the ow of goods to and from Gaza Strip. us, we agree

I

A collection of procedures that formed the “quasi-Customs Union”:

were these procedures during the period of the occupation allowed

moving goods and labors between the Palestinian and the Israeli

economy under imposing non-reciprocal restrictions. However, the

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