Vancouver2Gaza
Fishers in Gaza are under assault daily, braving Israeli warships in
order to secure the products of Gaza’s Mediterranean seacoast, which
support the livelihood of over 70,000 Palestinians in Gaza. Since 2006,
the Israeli siege on Gaza has penned Gaza’s fishers into 3 nautical
miles of the shore – when most fishing requires at least a 10 mile
range, and even the 1993 Oslo accords secured 20 miles of fishing access
for Palestinian fishers. Gaza’s fishery has lost 85% of its income
because of the Israeli siege.
Jase Tanner, of the Vancouver Delegation to Gaza, filmed the
following dramatic footage during a trip out to sea during his time in
Gaza with a longtime fishing family, when their boat was fired upon by
an Israeli warship, their steering disabled as they attempted to quickly
sail toward shore. (Numerous fishers have been arrested and jailed, and
fishing boats confiscated, by the Israeli navy.)
This is the daily experience of Gaza’s fishers – most often unnoticed
and not filmed by international activists. Share this footage to inform
the world about what is happening to fishers in Gaza as they attempt to
live from their own sea that has supported Gaza throughout history:
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