
Cigarettes, scarcity, and the endless pressure inside Gaza
Restrictions on tobacco imports are forcing smokers to make hard choices and suffer from nicotine withdrawal.
Eman Eid and Rama Hussain Abu Amra
- Gaza Strip

Restrictions on tobacco imports are forcing smokers to make hard choices and suffer from nicotine withdrawal.

The occupation’s siege of Gaza has made it nearly impossible to obtain the diesel, motor oil, and replacement parts needed to keep vehicles running.

Thousands of students and injured persons in Gaza deserve to leave, so a boat will attempt to sail from the harbor to break the blockade.

Gaza could be energy-independent. But will we be allowed to breathe on our own, or kept on life support?

The Israeli blockade on Gaza affects even the rituals around death and love–preventing unification at the most precious of times.