International Conflict - Israel/Gaza

• 1930's, 1/4 million Jews moved to Palestine
• 1936, Palestinian Arabs rose up against the Jewish community
• 1947, the UN broke up the land into Arab (Gaza and the West Bank) and Jewish (Israel) sectors
• 1967, 6-day war, Arabs took over Gaza and the West Bank
• 1987, Arab uprising, more than 1200 died
• 2006, Hamas gained power in Gaza (militant group)
• 2014 July, 2200 killed (mostly Palestinians) during 50 days of violence

• Rubble from destroyed buildings in Gaza
• Over 1000 tunnels dug between Gaza and Egypt to get supplies like cement, car parts etc
• Tunnels bombed by Egyptians
• Large loss of agricultural land
• Some areas destroyed by explosions
• Mediteranean sea being polluted by Gaza from sewage
  • Bad for fisherman
• Suffering from a lot of pollution 
  • Landfill sites not sanitary
  • Waste can drain into water supply

• Fishing boats restricted to 20miles from Gazan coast (Israelis are known to stop after only 2 miles)
• Those who die in the tunnels can no longer pay for their family (3 killed per week)
• Majority of Gazans live in poverty
• Conflict has affected the economic growth of the area
• Palestinians do not own a proper country, so they cant properly internationally trade
• Palestinians rely heavily on international aid
• 40% of Gazans are unemployed
• Food prices have risen during the blockade
  • Rice is up 21%
  • Wheat flour up 34%
• Iron Missile Dome System in Israel
  • each system costs $50 million to install
  • each missile costs $60 000 to launch
• 300 families without income in Beit Lahiya due to unplanted land
  • only 275 acres of 625 acres planted with strawberries
• Tourism in Eilat, Israel down 42% since the year 2000

• Lots of psychological damage
• 300 children died in one assault on Gaza
• Lots of tunnel workers from Rahat die when the tunnels collapse 
• Between 10,000 and 50,000 civilian deaths between 1948 and 1997
• Places of religion have been destroyed - cultural loss
• People cant get from Gaza to Israel to get the hospital care they might need
• Hospitals occasionally experince power cuts for 8-12 hours
• Hamas have youth camps for 15-21 years to learn about weapons and hatred
• The UN say that 1/3 of Gazan children are traumatised by the war

Causes 

• Political repression - Assad runs a one party system - Many people only saw an uprising as leading to change
• Uneven economy
• Population growth
  • 1/4 million new arrivals to job market every year
  • Unproductive public sector
• Economic corruption
  • Well placed payments by richer people
  • People unhappy because of failure to produce long promised economic and political reforms
• Children killed after grafitiing anti-regime ideas

Social

• More than 200,000 Syrians lost lives in 4 years
• More than 11 million forced to leave homes
• Human Development Index reduced by 32.6% since 2010
• Reduced life expectancy by 30 years

Economic

• 4 in every 5 Syrians living in poverty
• Total economic loss of $202.6 billion at the end of 2014
• 50% of healthcare and infrastructure destroyed

Environmental

• 60% of old city in Aleppo destroyed
• Chemical warfare affecting environment
  • Toxic residue from artillery and other bombs