Gaza at Christmas: a bleak outlook
A Christmas tree brings some joy; Gaza’s Jewish quarter and a new wall; "We want to live" protests Hamas policies; Hamas, PIJ killings continue; Racism persists against Black Gazans.
Gaza ends the year in dire straits
The May 2021 Israel-Hamas war and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has compounded Gaza’s already awful economic conditions.
A World Bank study in November 2021 reports that Gaza, with over 2 million residents, has undergone "deindustrialization." Its unemployment rate is 45 percent, and 59 percent of the population lives in poverty. "Gaza’s citizens suffer from poor electricity and water-sewerage availability, conflict-related psychological trauma, and limited movement," the report finds.
Christians in Gaza
