IMEU Institute for Middle East Understanding
In 2007, Israel imposed a suffocating siege and naval blockade on Gaza that have been repeatedly condemned by the UN and rights groups as collective punishment of the entire population and illegal.
on August 18, 2023
Fact Sheets
Israel’s siege and blockade of Gaza are central pillars of a policy of economic warfare intended to punish the entire population of the tiny, occupied coastal strip in the hopes that Palestinians living there will blame Hamas for their predicament and reject the organization as well as any resistance to Israel’s continued control of the territory.
on August 14, 2014
The Gaza Strip is Palestinian land that has been under Israeli military occupation since the June 1967 war.
on November 19, 2012