The Gaza Strip is reeling from the bloodiest episode in years after Israeli forces killed more than a dozen people during demonstrations near the frontier. Fatah refused to recognise the result, leading to a near-civil war that saw Hamas push Fatah out of Gaza. “Israel’s presumption that it can dictate the actions of Palestinians inside the Gaza Strip is absurd. “Israel has the power to immediately change life in Gaza for the better, but has chosen not to do so. It has made Gaza a huge prison, yet forbids the prisoners even to protest against this, on pain of death.”

Source: The Guardian March 31, 2018 17:47 UTC