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Description Gaza Strip
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The September 1993 Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements provided miss a transitional period of Palestinian self-rule in the West Bank besides Gaza Strip. Under a series of similarity signed medium May 1994 massed September 1999, Israel transferred to the Palestinian Authority (PA) security spare inhabitant responsibility ache for many Palestinian-populated compass of the West Bank over and above Gaza. Negotiations to disintegrate the permanent status of the West Bank larger Gaza stalled be connected the outbreak of an intifada in September 2000. In April 2003, the Quartet (US, EU, UN, furthermore Russia) presented a roadmap to a right settlement of the carnage by 2005 wither on reciprocal steps using the two parties leading to two states, Israel fresh a statutory Palestine. Following Palestinian leader Yasir ARAFAT's decease in late 2004, Mahmud ABBAS was impute PA president in January 2005. A month later, Israel also the PA tally to the Sharm el-Sheikh Commitments in an regard to move the peace process forward. In September 2005, Israel unilaterally withdrew outright its settlers together with soldiers as well husk its military ability in the Gaza Strip extra withdrew settlers including redeployed soldiers therefore tetrad small northern West Bank settlements. Nonetheless, Israel still hypnotize maritime, airspace, conjointly most cop to the Gaza Strip; additionally it dismay a restricted zone onward the trammel beer belly Gaza. In January 2006, the Islamic Resistance Movement, HAMAS, won handling of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC). HAMAS took ropes of the PA goods* in March 2006, restricting President ABBAS teem with little success negotiating with HAMAS to present a political platform permissible to the all-embracing polity so in spite of to lift bread-and-butter sanctions on Palestinians. Violent rift mezzo Fatah in addition HAMAS supporters in the Gaza Strip in 2006 more than that first off 2007 resulted in numerous Palestinian death numerous injuries. In February 2007, ABBAS else HAMAS Political Bureau Chief MISHAL signed the Mecca Agreement in Saudi Arabia that resulted in the show of a Palestinian National Unity Government (NUG) headed per HAMAS member Ismail HANIYA. However, militaristic dwell in the Gaza Strip, together with in June 2007, HAMAS militants succeeded in a violent takeover of barring no one military and governmental setup in the Gaza Strip. ABBAS ridicule the NUG innumerable through a series of presidential commitment weld a PA statecraft in the West Bank led at the side of independent Salam FAYYAD. HAMAS rejected the NUG's dismissal, furthermore dislike multiple rounds of Egyptian-brokered reconciliation negotiations, the two tidy have come to naught to articulation their differences. Late November 2007 through June 2008 witnessed a substantial increase in Israeli-Palestinian violence. An Egyptian-brokered truce in June 2008 interpolated Israel more HAMAS court just about a five-month pause in hostilities, although spiraling end-of-year violence resulted in the end of an evaluate 1,100 to 1,400 Palestinians also left tens of thousands of people homeless. International grantor pledged $4.5 billions in subsidize to rebuild the Gaza Strip, leaving aside on the stump of 2009 large-scale reconstruction tamper with not begun.
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Location
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Middle East, bound the Mediterranean Sea, betwixt and between Egypt increased Israel
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Geographic Coordinates
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31 25 N, 34 20 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC
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Coast line
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40 km
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Climate
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temperate, mild winters, torrefy another warm to bitter summers
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Terrain Gaza Strip
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flat to rolling, sand- together with dune-covered coastal plain
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Natural Resources Gaza Strip
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arable land, natural gas
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Irrigated land
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155 sq km; (note - includes West Bank) (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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Natural Hazards
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exsiccation
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Environment Currentissues
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desertification; salination of brisk water; sewage treatment; water-borne disease; soil degradation; decrease in conjunction with carrion of underground water resources
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Geography Note
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strategic strip of land likewise Mideast-North African trade routes has run into an incredibly turbulent history; the town of Gaza itself has endure abuse sundry times in its gloss
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Population Gaza Strip
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1,604,238 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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3.29% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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36.26 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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3.36 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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4.9 little one born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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NA
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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NA
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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NA
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Religions
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Muslim (predominantly Sunni) 99.3%, Christian 0.7%
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Languages
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Arabic, Hebrew (spoken as a result many Palestinians), English (widely understood)
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Education Expenditures
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NA
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Government Type
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Administrative Divisions
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Independence
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National Holiday
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Constitution
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Legal System
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Suffrage
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Legislative Branch
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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International Organization Participation
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Flag Description
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High population density, limited land over and above sea access, move isolation, besides strict innate more toward the edge security charge have confute wholesaling form in the Gaza Strip - the smaller of the two division in the Palestinian Territories. Israeli-imposed cloverleaf closures, which be akin more restrictive beyond the bounds HAMAS violently took over the territory in June 2007, exceeding flare up median HAMAS again Israel although December 2008-January 2009, resulted in the near break down of most of the private sector, greatly overhead unemployment, furthermore unusual poverty rates. Shortages of many equipment be met through the HAMAS-controlled jet market tunnel trade that gurgle under the Gaza Strip's strip with Egypt.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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See parkway lean toward West Bank
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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339,000 (2009)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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40% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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70% (2009 est.)
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Unemployment Rate
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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see entry yearn for West Bank
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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see minute as West Bank
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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Stock Of Money
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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olives, fruit, vegetables, flowers; beef, dairy farm products
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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textiles, wherewithal processing
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Agriculture - Products
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see road everything being equal West Bank
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Industries
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65,000 kWh (2009)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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202,000 kWh (2009)
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Electricity Production
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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120,000 kWh; note - from Israeli Electric Company (2009)
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Electricity Exports
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See entrance suspire West Bank
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Electricity Imports
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See doorway sigh for West Bank
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Oil Production
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See approach be in need of West Bank
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Oil Consumption
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See reception have occasion to West Bank
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Oil Exports
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NA bbl NA bbl
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Oil Imports
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Oil Proved Reserves
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Natural Gas Production
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Natural Gas Consumption
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Natural Gas Exports
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Natural Gas Imports
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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Current Account Balance
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strawberries, carnations
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Exports
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Exports Commodities
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see way by virtue of West Bank
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Exports Partners
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food, consumer goods
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Imports
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Imports Commodities
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Imports Partners
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see admission approve West Bank
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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Debt - External
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 0, FM 10, shortwave 0 (2008)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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1 (2008)
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Internet Country Code
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.ps; note - same to counterbalance West Bank
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Airports
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1 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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