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February 12, 2018

The Economic Situation in Gaza Is Far Better Than You’re Being Told

What Al Jazeera will say and the BBC won’t.

Just a few weeks ago, the New York Times reported on the risk of famine in the Gaza Strip, echoing commonplace descriptions of the territory as facing utter immiseration, usually blamed on the Israeli “blockade.” Yet a recent report from Al Jazeera (video can be found at the link below) shows that, despite Gaza’s economic problems, such descriptions are very wide of the mark. Tom Gross writes:

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February 12, 2018

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