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Warned the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories, Richard Falk, the Gaza Strip, which encircled the Zionist entity by land, sea and air for 7 years, you will not be habitable after 3 years from now in the case of the continuation of the current situation. The Rapporteur called on the UN Zionist entity, to end the siege immediately, and said, "There are expectations that the Gaza Strip may not be habitable after only three years from now, in light of the continued Israeli siege," adding that the suffering faced by the 1.75 million Palestinians are devastating due to the economic and social repercussions of the Israeli blockade. And a United Nations expert said in a statement, "The 6-year-tighten the noose entity on the Gaza Strip led to impede economic growth and keep most of the population of Gaza in permanent poverty and complete dependence on foreign aid." He added Falk said, "can not anglers Palestinians in Gaza exceeding six nautical miles from the beach, and that farmers access to their land by the fence Zionist, and suffered the business of restrictions on the export of goods, and are prevented students from access to education in the West Bank, or patients of emergency medical care in Palestinian hospitals in the West Bank. " He pointed out that 90% of the groundwater in the Gaza Strip is safe for human consumption without treatment necessary, as Palestinians suffer from the problems of lack of fuel and electricity, while "you can rate just a few of the people of Gaza to get supplies through the tunnel economy on the border with Egypt, but tunnels alone can not meet the daily needs of the population in Gaza. " He stated that in the past year, the United Nations predicted that under the existing conditions, Gaza will be uninhabitable by 2020. Adding "According to the least optimistic forecasts that the Gaza Strip may not be habitable after only three years from now."
Posted on: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 14:14:58 +0000

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