Democracy warns of collapse of economic conditions in The Gaza Strip

Democracy warns of collapse of economic conditions in The Gaza Strip

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) warned on Sunday of the danger of a collapse of the economic and social situation in the Gaza Strip and the potential for it to be tragic.

The government said in a statement that government policies and development plans adopted by successive Palestinian governments and measures to ease the Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip have not been able to lift the sector out of its catastrophic crises and address the problems of unemployment, poverty and hunger.

"The Israeli occupation does not absolve the Israeli occupation of its responsibility for the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip for the thirteenth year in a row, but the absence of integrated economic and social plans, the continuation of punitive measures by the Palestinian Authority and the escalating taxes of the PA and the de facto Hamas administration in the Gaza Strip without considering the fragility of its economy, Poverty, unemployment, food insecurity, poor purchasing power, and deteriorating living and living conditions. "

The Front pointed out that the deterioration of the economic and social conditions in the Gaza Strip has led to the emigration of the scientific and professional talents and the Palestinian youth abroad through the death boats and shabby vessels in search of a new life to escape the painful and catastrophic reality in the sector.

The continuation of the internal division is an obstacle to the advancement of the economic and social situation and the implementation of a unified national strategy for development. It leads to a comprehensive economic collapse and unprecedented human suffering and contributes to the tightening of the Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip. According to the text of its statement.

The Front called for the recovery of the Gaza Strip from the humanitarian catastrophe it is suffering and to alleviate the scale of its grave tragedies, which are threatening to collapse completely by launching a national rescue program for the sector, implementing short- and medium-term development projects and ending taxes and supporting productive economic sectors. Social development and strengthening the resilience of its population.

The Front demanded the large profit companies and the Palestinian Monetary Authority responsible for the banks operating in the Gaza Strip to shoulder their responsibilities towards the Palestinian people by deducting part of their profits according to the Palestinian Basic Law to carry out development services projects to alleviate the humanitarian disaster and the economic situation.