Fuel Embargo Harms Fishing Industry

Palestinian fishermen check on their idle fishing boats on 10 April 2008 in the seaport of Gaza City, Gaza Strip.

The start of the fishing season sees the owners of boats without fuel due to a Jewish embargo which has left much of the fishing fleet in the impoverished Palestinian coastal strip lying idle at the water side.

Palestinian fishermen check on their idle fishing boats.

Palestinian fishermen check on their idle fishing boats.

Palestinian boy plays on an idle fishing boat.

Palestinian fisherman ride past idle fishing boats.

A Palestinian fisherman fishes with a rod off the side of an idle fishing boat.

Palestinian fishermen check on their idle fishing boats.

Palestinian fishermen check their nets.

Palestinian fishermen check on their idle fishing boats on 10 April 2008 in the seaport of Gaza City, Gaza Strip.

With Fatah’s resent strike yesterday that was creating a humanitarian crisis, it seems the Jewish people’s solution was to create a fuel embargo against Fatah to relive the problem.

What is not realized, for example, it caused a situation with the fisherman at the start of their fishing season, which is a way for them to make a living.

Just as an idea of a better solution, that should be suitable for not just the Jewish people, but the Palestinian people is to reroute fuel supply through the Palestine legal government, so it can be regulated more effective with the hope their would be no future problems such as past problems with Fatah.

In all honesty, Fatah should have never had control in the first place.

Furthermore, it is not approved for Fatah security to be staked out by the fishing boats or docks and this should be resolved to protect the fisherman.