toomuchtime_
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Israel has destroyed hundreds of Palestinian factories. Israel will not allow the import of raw material or the export of finished products.
Israel has destroyed food production facilities including Gaza's only flour mill.
Israel has destroyed water sources.
Israel has destroyed 1/3 of Gaza's agricultural land. Palestine historically produced a surplus of food that it exported. Israel blocks the export of food.
The unemployment in Gaza is created by Israel.
This is standard Israeli policy that began long before Hamas became Israel's boogyman.
The violence and limitations in Gaza have all been in response to Palestinian Arab terrorism, mostly from Hamas, even before their takeover of the government. Even before the second intifada, when economic growth in the West Bank soared, out pacing economic growth of all the ME countries, including Israel, Gaza's economy was stagnant because the various terrorists made severe security measures necessary, however, the actions of the Hamas government since their takeover of the government forbidding commerce to take place through the Israeli crossings have dealt a fatal blow to whatever private sector existed there.
If the various Palestinian Arab militants in Gaza were really freedom fighters, it is clear they would be arresting or killing the Hamas thugs that have destroyed their economy and foreclosed on any future prosperity.
Gaza's economy was stagnant because the various terrorists made severe security measures necessary
Occupiers always have security problems. It comes with the (occupied) territory. You can't blame the Palestinians for wanting to throw off the occupation.
Indeed, which is why the Gazans should rise up and throw off the yoke of Hamas oppression so they can build a better future for themselves and their children than Hamas has heretofore allowed them to have.