Tag Archive for UNCTAD

UN Report Forecasts an ‘Uninhabitable’ Gaza by 2020 With No Fault to Hamas

 

Blaming only Israel for wars and blockade for the deteriorating situation in Gaza, UN agency neglects to mention tyrannical, oppressive government, widespread Hamas corruption, terror policies, and its ambivalence towards the population. 

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

Gaza could become uninhabitable for residents within just five years, the United Nations development agency claimed on Tuesday.

“The social, health and security-related ramifications of the high population density and overcrowding are among the factors that may render Gaza unliveable by 2020,” the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) wrote in its annual report.

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Gaza terrorists inciting violence

Gaza, a tiny enclave of just 362 square kilometers (about 225 square miles) squeezed between Israel, Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea that is home to some 1.8 million Palestinians, counts one of the highest population densities in the world. Continue Reading »

UN reports that Israel stifles East Jerusalem’s development

UN’s report says 77%

of non-Jewish population in East Jerusalem live below poverty line, compared to 25% of Jews.

Reuters

The report recommended that while a resolution to the conflict remains elusive, Palestinian investors and business leaders must take the lead in forming a development strategy.

Arab Women demonstrating in East Jerusalem neighborhood - Photo: Reuters

Arab Women demonstrating in East Jerusalem neighborhood – Photo: Reuters

The Israeli occupation of east Jerusalem is driving its Palestinian residents into deeper economic isolation and they face far greater poverty than Jewish neighbors, said a UN report on the city at the heart of the Middle East conflict.

The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) report, published on Thursday, is the first comprehensive investigation into the east Jerusalem economy carried out by the United Nations. Continue Reading »