Palestinian fishermen protest closure of Gaza Sea by Israel
Ruba Shabit
Press TV, Gaza
Palestinian fishermen held a protest against Israel over its move to close the entire Gaza Sea preventing them from doing their work.
Earlier, Israeli gunboats deployed in the sea of Gaza chased fishing boats and opened fire on fishermen, causing mass material losses. The protest aims at supporting Gazan fishermen who have been severely affected by these restrictions.
Israel maintains a heavy naval presence off the coast of the impoverished Palestinian enclave, severely affecting the livelihood of some 4,000 fishermen and at least 1,500 more people involved in the fishing industry. Over the past years, Israeli forces have carried out more than a hundred attacks on Palestinian boats, arresting fishermen and confiscating boats.
Under the Oslo Accords signed in 1993, Israel is obligated to permit fishing up to 20 nautical miles, but this has never been implemented.
The Gaza Strip has been under an Israeli land, air and sea siege since 2007, which has caused a decline in the standard of living as well as unprecedented levels of unemployment and unrelenting poverty.
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