Army imposes harsh restrictions on fishing in Gaza Strip

This video presents the stories of three fisherman from the Gaza Strip who have difficulty earning a living because of the blockade and the army's harsh restrictions on fishing off the coast. In breach of Israel's undertaking in the Oslo agreement to allow fishing up to a distance of 20 nautical miles (37 km), the army has gradually reduced the distance in which it permits fishing. At the time of filming, the limit was six nautical miles from the Gaza coast. Since then, the permitted distance has been further reduced, to only three nautical miles (5.5 km) in December 2009. The restrictions harm thousands of fisherman and their families, who depend on fishing for their livelihood, and deny residents of the Strip a vital food source.

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[LibertyBooksAZ]

GENOCIDE... a slow purposeful genocide. The US is also responsible for these peoples' plight. As a signatory nation to the Geneva Conventions (and its main framer) we are under obligation to protect innocent parties. But of course this will not happen... you know why? The same elites who allowed the Jewish holocaust and who illegally formed the non-state of Israel (look it up, it's not an actual state but a quasi-state), they run the US too. Depopulation of indigenous peoples is the goal.

[LazyD86]

I had no idea of the restrictions put on Palestinian fishermen until this video.

Thank you for opening my eyes even further.

[Rx4pabulum]

Millions of people around the world will read Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, and yet they would watch a video like this and abstain from passing judgment.