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REPORTAJE
La paz no alivia el ahogo de Gaza
Milicias palestinas lanzan tres cohetes esta semana contra Israel
El pacto alcanzado tras la guerra no relaja el bloqueo en la franja
Miguel Ángel Medina Gaza 21 ABR 2013 - 15:09 CET
FEATURE
Peace does not alleviate the Gaza choke
Palestinian militants launched three rockets into Israel this week
The agreement reached relaxes after the war in the Gaza blockade
Miguel Angel Medina Gaza 21 ABR 2013 - 15:09 CET
A group of teenagers, all veiled, walk along the road that serves as a promenade. In the cafe overlooking the beach, two young people smoke a shisha facing the sea while watching your boat fisherman, it takes days moored in the harbor. A battalion of about 50 men of Ezedin The Qassam Brigades (the armed wing of Hamas), with their faces covered by balaclavas, trains a few feet away. The tranquility that exists these days in the Gaza Strip has not been altered even by the launch of three rockets-two early Friday and one on Sunday, toward Israeli Eshkol region, that have not caused injuries or property damage.
The projectiles fired from the Gaza sparked the latest Israeli offensive, under the name Operation Defensive Pilar, in November 2012. The agreement to end hostilities then reached between Tel Aviv and Hamas, which governs and controls Gaza, envisaged a ceasefire between the two parties to be respected until February. Since March, Palestinian militants have launched at least six rockets at the other side of the border and Israel responded with an attack. "In Israel should respect the ceasefire agreement reached with the government of Haniyeh in Cairo," says Yamil Miser, central committee member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
The agreement reached between Hamas and Israel, brokered by Egypt, included also soften the Israeli blockade that prevents the entry and exit of people and goods from Palestinian territory, allow fishermen to fish six miles of coast twice before - as well as relax the limits for farmers could work their crops glued to the border-Tel Aviv imposed a limit of between 1,500 and 300 meters to not get close to the fence, with the agreement should be reduced to 300. The fine print negotiations have dragged on for months and the fruits of the economy are minimal: the area is smothered by the economic blockade.
Fishing and agriculture are central to the economy of the overcrowded Gaza Strip. Farmers are gaining the right to cultivate the new boundaries with his blood: at least four of them have died from Israeli gunfire after trying to work their land near the gate. A few days ago, a delegation of United Left, led by MEP Willy Meyer, came to the area to protect the work of farmers and alleged that the military fired shots near where they were. His presence and that of other international activists has helped some farmers to harvest their crops just 100 meters from the border. "It's been 10 years that we could not grow so close," says Murad, Kusa'a area, south of the strip. On the other side of the fence, Israeli military vehicles monitor their work.
The situation is most dramatic for fishermen. According to the Oslo Accords, are entitled to fish within 20 miles of the coast. Tel Aviv has reduced that distance to three miles, which makes it difficult to work. The six-mile limit was agreed with Hamas still applies. "Most of the good catches are at least eight miles, but can not exceed 3" complains Zacharias, of the brotherhood of the port. If a ship tries to overcome this barrier, arrest Israeli ships crew and confiscate their boats. This is what happened to the Baker family: "The army shot me while trying to fish, and then stayed with my boat," says Musa'ab Baker, who still has a leg injury. The 70 members of this family and have lost four of their boats, while the fifth has suffered damage by clashes with the military. According to the association of fishermen, 45 fishermen have been arrested and four injured in this case since November 2012.
Meanwhile, the goods arrive in dribs and drabs through border crossings with Israel and Egypt. "Egyptians now allow construction materials to enter a project catarí, but in practice the border continues to freeze," said Ahmed Yousef, advisor to Prime Minister Ismail Haniya. Meanwhile, Tel Aviv last week closed the Eretz crossing, which in recent months have come and gone certain goods, in retaliation for the rocket launch. Products that do not come by these legal avenues skip the siege through tunnels between Rafah town and the neighboring Arab country, controlled by Hamas. In any case, the supermarkets have no commodity shortages.
According to the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA in English), 80% of the 1.6 million people living in the 367 square kilometers of Gaza depends on humanitarian aid. Unemployment exceeds 30% of the population and labor frustrate zero expectations on young people, the hardest hit by this scourge. Also, the water is polluted and power outages are daily between 8 and 10 hours. Lacking basic medicines and health resources. In this context, it is not surprising that the 2020 Report of the UN Gaza considers that, things go well, the area is in danger of becoming the new Darfur.
"Even though the war is over we are much worse than in November, because many people have lost their homes and their jobs and no new job opportunities," says Maher, 24 year old Gazan. In the center of Gaza City still thrive effects of the last two wars. The old building of the ministries is now a site adorned by a mass of iron and cement, there are holes in the facades of some buildings and even a football field showing the effects of the bombing. "In this pitch shot seven bombs, there seems to be a mistake," said the activist Manu Pineda, witness Pilar Operation Defensive Shield, in 2012.
In this postwar landscape murals are added for strength and its martyrs: everyone who has died of an attack by Israel or is in a prison in the neighboring country. "My husband and my two small children were killed by a missile from an F-16," says Mrs. Hiyasi. The streets leading to your house are full of posters in honor of the "heroes".
The same happens in the alley where he lives Ibrahim Baroud, who has spent 27 years in prison and has been released a few days ago. "I was arrested with 23 years accused of resisting the occupation and in all this time, only allowed me to see my family five times" laments Baroud. Neighbors visit on your house, filled with bouquets of flowers, and take pictures with the "martyr". María del Mar, Catalan activist who works for the Palestinian people summarizes what is, in his opinion, the normality of the Gazans: "Basically, people celebrate here every day to be alive".
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