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| Gaza 'will not be liveable by 2020' - UN report |
| 2012-08-27 |
| The Gaza Strip will not be "a liveable place" by 2020 unless action is taken to improve basic services in the territory, according to a UN report. Basic infrastructure in water, health, education and sanitation "is struggling to keep pace with a growing population", according to the report. It estimates Gaza's population will rise from 1.6m to 2.1m by 2020. Israel tightened a blockade on Gaza after the Islamist movement Hamas came to power in the territory in 2007. Israel says the blockade, policed with Egyptian co-operation, is necessary to prevent weapons reaching Hamas. The UN report estimates Gaza will need double the number of schools and 800 more hospital beds by 2020, and says the territory is already suffering from a housing shortage. The report also says the coastal aquifer, the territory's only natural source of fresh water, may become unusable by 2016. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #8 And, if it isn't, we'll change it to 2025... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2012-08-27 21:15 |
| #7 The Paleos still prioritize the destruction of Israel aka the only ones most likely to help the Paleos survive, develop, + prosper as a de facto sovereign Nation-State or other. Again, iff Maha-Rushian histoire' is any measure, the Paleos' larger Muslim neighbors 'taint gonna help them. THAT LEAVES ISRAEL, + BY EXTENS THE US-WEST, TO DO SO. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-08-27 19:50 |
| #6 You left out the minus sign, Grunter. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2012-08-27 19:27 |
| #5 It's not liveable now.... |
| Posted by: Barbara 2012-08-27 19:21 |
| #4 My SympathyMeter reads 0.00000002 Givashits. That feels about right. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2012-08-27 19:20 |
| #3 They need more upscale shopping malls... In the meantime, UN officials need more white Toyota Land Cruisers... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2012-08-27 17:50 |
| #2 The Gaza Strip will not be "a liveable place" by 2020... And? |
| Posted by: Secret Asian Man 2012-08-27 17:35 |
| #1 You mean we've to put up with 'em for 8 more years?!! |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-08-27 16:55 |