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Disengagement with Effective Control
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Report from a mission to the Occupied Territories
The EMHRN mission to the Gaza Strip, Jerusalem, the West Bank and Israel was commissioned to evaluate the situation in the Gaza Strip post the Israeli “disengagement”. The mission team had extensive discussions with representatives from political parties, the Palestinian Authority, the civil society (both Palestinian and Israeli NGOs) and the business community. The mission period was between 3 and 10 October 2005.
The Israeli military and civil pullout from the Gaza Strip after 38 years has improved the ability of Gazans to move freely inside the Gaza Strip which was impossible to a large extent over the past years. The pullout, the regained ability to access all parts of the Gaza Strip, as well as the regained housing and farming areas have been perceived as positive elements in the Israeli-Palestinian relations. Nevertheless, the situation in the Gaza Strip is labelled by a continued extensive Israeli control over the population and their daily life. Israel is able to control access to and passage to and from the Gaza Strip, Israel exercises complete military control over the Strip and is able to stage attacks at any time and on all locations inside the strip, and Israel can assume physical control of any part of the Strip at any time. The report is only available in English. |
