The Gaza Blockade and its Devastating Effects: Amnesty International’s Recommendations for US Policy

Destroyed Orphans' School in Gaza

By Annamaria Racota

On January 18, 2010, Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) issued a report entitled, Suffocating: The Gaza Strip under Israeli Blockade as part of its new campaign to bring greater awareness to the situation’s human rights implications. AIUSA Director …

Gaza Caged

Smuggling Tunnel in Rafah, Gaza Strip. Photo by Marius Arnesen.

By Shubra Ohri

On January 20, 2010, the UN Aid and Association for International Development Agencies called for the immediate opening of Gaza’s borders in light of the escalating health and environmental crisis that threatens the area. In direct …