31 August 2012–The Gaza Strip, bordering Egypt and Israel, may be practically ‘unliveable’ by 2020, said a report by the United Nations this week, with nearly 2.1 million expected to be displaced due to lack of improvement in water, power, health, education and sanitation facilities.

The report, entitled “Gaza in 2020: A liveable place?” claimed that the region’s basic infrastructure was “struggling to keep pace with a growing population,” after an Israeli blockade had left the area “essentially isolated since 2005.”

“Gaza remains subject to severe restrictions on imports, exports and the movement of people, by land, air and sea, as a result of the blockade Israel imposed on the area for what it called security reasons after the Hamas group, which does not recognize Israel’s right to exist, ousted the Fatah movement in the Strip in 2007,” the report said…Read More>>

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