Three common mistakes about Gaza:
1.Gaza is the most densely populated city in the world:
Gaza city is not even in the top 50. In fact, there are many cities in Europe and the USA that are denser than Gaza. For example, Paris.
2.Gaza is occupied by Israel:
Gaza has been 100% cleansed of Jews in 2005. Israel also formally declared an end to Israeli military occupation of the Gaza Strip. There is not even one Israeli soldier on Gazan soil. Israel doesn't fully control Gaza's borders either.
Gaza strip has a Southern border with Egypt, which fully controls at least one crossing, but chooses to keep it closed in support of the West Bank government.
3.Gaza is one of the poorest regions in the world:
Gaza Strip's Human Development Index is ~ 100th in the world out of 177. It’s higher than Egypt or Syria, but lower than Palestinian average. Life expectancy in Gaza is around 107th in the world, higher in fact than Glasgow.
The Palestinians are the largest per capita recipients of foreign aid in the world and the 8th fattest nation in the world. By all global accounts, Palestinians are neither rich, nor poor, but strongly in the middle.
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