U.N. report highlights effects on Gaza of 2-year Israeli blockade
Posted: August 18, 2009 at 5:44 a.m.
Israel's two-year blockade of the Gaza Strip has forced 95 percent of its industrial companies out of business and driven unemployment to 41.5 percent, creating a "protracted human-dignity crisis," the United Nations said.
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