Blockade
A blockade is an effort to cut off supplies, war material or communications from a particular area by force, either in part or totally. A blockade is not an embargo or sanctions, which are legal barriers to trade. It is also distinct from a siege in that a blockade is usually directed at an entire country or region, rather than a fortress or city. While most blockades historically took place at sea, blockade is still used on land to prevent someone entering a place. A blockading power can seek to cut off all maritime transport from and to the blockaded …
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Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network · 4 May 2024 English
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The Iranian strike, combined with the Houthi blockade of the Red Sea and Hezbollah’s continuous strikes …
Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network · 4 May 2024 English
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from Gaza in 2005, only to impose a suffocating blockade and siege that has continued ever since. Palestinians … of constant provocation and abuse under Israeli blockade, following decades of colonial occupation that … demanded their right of return and an end to the blockade. The crushing response to the protests www.al-shabaka … com/news/2012/10/18/israel-set-calorie-limit-during-gaza-blockade https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/27/gaza …
Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network · 4 May 2024 English
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apartheid. While many assume that Gaza is under blockade because it is governed by Hamas, Israel in fact … terrorism, Israel placed Gaza under a hermetic blockade and ignored the movement’s political platform … which it had been democratically elected. The blockade was initially intended to be a punitive tactic … out of sight behind walls and under siege and blockade, the Israeli government and most of the Israeli … clean of the reality they had created. Israel’s blockade serves the regime’s aim of containment, both of …
ACAPS · 3 May 2024 English
PALESTINE: Thematic report03 May 2024 Impact of the war in Gaza on the sexual and reproductive health and health rights of women and girls CRISIS OVERVIEW centres not functional (62 …
and poverty resulting from the 16-year Israeli blockade on the territory. Poor nutritional conditions … as a lack of fuel, resulting from the Israeli blockade of Gaza. Access to any medicine, including contraception … struggling as a result of the 16-year Israeli blockade on contraceptive implants, are likely unavailable …
World Bank Group · 2 May 2024 English
Taiz city has decreased significantly due to the blockade and geographical sharing of water resources, as … front lines of the conflict since 2015, with a blockade, regular shelling, and ongoing fighting taking …
GCPEA: Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack · 1 May 2024 English
In addition to direct harms to children caused by are among the leading causes of the killing and explosive weapons, the use of these weapons in maiming of children in …
Children, “Trapped: The Impact of 15 Years of Blockade on the Mental Health of Gaza’s Children,” 2022 …
NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security · 30 April 2024 English
In renewing the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), Council members must continue to monitor and reiterate the importance of women’s full, equal, and meaningful participation in …
Resolution 2334 (2016). • Demand an end to the total blockade of Gaza, which is a violation of international …
USSC: United States Studies Centre · 29 April 2024 English
Overall, the survey found broad strategic align- In order to assess progress and priorities in Japan’s ment between Tokyo, Washington and Canberra on new strategy, the United States Studies Centre …
Defense Forces with US Forces attempting to break a blockade (51 per cent). ■ While 94 and 95 per cent of respondents … significant role if China blockades Taiwan If China blockade Taiwan, which of the following missions would … attempting to escort container ships and break the blockade Dispatch Japanese ground forces to the Nansei … Japan Provide sea lane defence outside of the blockade zone 100% 94 95 88 80 78 78 75 72 71 73 74 60 …
Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network · 27 April 2024 English
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times more populous–has been subject to a brutal blockade since 2007 and decades of colonial occupation …
Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network · 27 April 2024 English
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political isolation was intensified with the Israeli blockade imposed on Gaza following Hamas’s 2006 election … the movement of people in and out of Gaza, this blockade entails severely restricting countless everyday … current genocide in Gaza with 17 years of brutal blockade, on top of 56 years of military occupation, which … org/article/putting-palestinians-on-a-diet-israels-siege-blockade-of-gaza https://imeu.org/article/putting-pale … stinians-on-a-diet-israels-siege-blockade-of-gaza https://al-shabaka.org/commentaries/an-inevitable- …