Isolation of Gaza Chokes Off Trade
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With Gaza almost entirely shut off from normal trade, Palestinian businesses are enduring a deep depression.
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Gaza is a small place, and news spread quickly Wednesday that the border fence was knocked down before dawn. Pretty soon, I was caught up in a traffic jam as people raced to Rafah in buses, cars, motorcycles. Some even rode bicycles and donkey carts.
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Israel tightened its closure of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Friday in response to cross-border rocket fire, preventing even U.N. humanitarian supplies from getting in, officials said.
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The section of Israelâs separation barrier in dispute had cut a West Bank village off from much of its farmland.
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Border crossings crucial to the impoverished Gaza Strip's economic survival remained shut Monday, three days after the Hamas militant movement routed Fatah security forces and took over the densely populated Palestinian territory.
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the occupied Gaza Strip and political sources say he had not ruled out the idea completely. parts of the West Bank in order to &quot;disengage&quot; from conflict with the Palestinians.
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Israel's defense minister has ordered the temporary closure of all crossings into Gaza, cutting off supplies into the besieged strip in response to a slew of Palestinian rocket barrages at nearby Israeli towns
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GAZA CITY - Israel began cutting vital fuel shipments to the Gaza Strip yesterday, following through on a promise to step up pressure on the territory's Hamas rulers after months of Palestinian rocket attacks.
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A new hole opens in the Arab-Israeli peace strategy of isolating Hamas.
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Gaza's main power plant began shutting down on Sunday due to a fuel shortage caused by Israel's closure of the territory's borders in response to Palestinian rocket attacks.
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Israel eased its siege of Gaza for a day on Tuesday, allowing in shipments of fuel and medicine. But tensions erupted over Egypt's closure of its Gaza border, with Palestinian protesters breaking through the crossing and clashing with Egyptian guards.
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Jerusalem - The World Bank called on Israel to sharply reduce army closures which have decimated Palestinian trade and employment, painting a bleak picture of the economy of the occupied territories.
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Gaza's main power plant began shutting down on Sunday due to a fuel shortage caused by Israel's closure of the Hamas-controlled territory's borders in response to Palestinian rocket attacks.
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Fighting between Fatah and Hamas is part of a power struggle in the one Palestinian area that Israel has largely abandoned.
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The odds are stacked against Valentine's Day in Hamas-ruled Gaza: The holiday is considered "haram," or forbidden by Islam, most residents don't have money for frills and the requisite red roses are grown only beyond a closed border with Israel.
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Israel looks powerless to stop the barrage of rockets from Hamas-ruled Gaza. The Islamic militants, choked by a blockade of their territory, find it increasingly difficult to hold on to power. And moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is facing growing pressure to suspend peace talks because of Israel's strikes in Gaza.
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Lorries carrying fuel pass into Gaza as Israel eases its blockade following international pressure.