Palestinian, UN officials say situation in Gaza Strip at all time low
(29 Jun 2011) SHOTLIST Kerem Shalom Crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip 1. Wide shot of a truck driving through crossing 2. Medium shot of trucks going through crossing 3. Various of trucks loaded with goods driving through Kerem Shalom crossing Gaza city, Gaza strip 4. Establishing shot of Milina Shahin, of the Public Information Office at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA): 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Milina Shahin, Public Information Office, United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA): "After one year of the Israeli cabinet decision to ease the blockade imposed in Gaza, in fact we see very little impact on the ground and on the lives of the Palestinian refugees living in the Gaza strip. The Humanitarian situation is still the same, deteriorating and going into more deterioration, for example if you look at the rate of unemployment in the Gaza strip, it's going up and up, up to the percentage of 45.6%. If you look at the people, the poor people who live one 1.6 dollar per day, it has tripled from the beginning of imposing the blockade, and it did not ease since the Israeli cabinet decision to ease the blockade." 6. Exterior of UN building 7. Establishing shot of Sami Abu Zuhri, Hamas spokesman 8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sami Abu Zuhri, Hamas spokesman: "Gaza crossings that are still under Israeli control are still closed, only some basic goods enter through them, and in limited quantities. The Israeli occupation wasn't honest when they announced that they would let into Gaza everything that Gaza needs, including the raw materials that are needed for construction." 9. End shot of Abu Zuhri Jerusalem 10. Establishing shot of Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, Major-General Eitan Dangot 11. SOUNDBITE (English) Major-General Eitan Dangot, Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories: "I think that today, this is concerning your question, all the things that need in Gaza are full, we don't see any lack, we don't get any special request, we are one month before the Ramadan, everything is going, and we are looking about Ramadan, everything is going according to the plans." 12. Close up shot of graphic showing the increase in the number of trucks that enter Gaza since last year 13. SOUNDBITE (English) Major-General Eitan Dangot, Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories: "Kerem Shalom is serving from fuel to goods, also agriculture (material), also for the needs of Gazan people, and the number that has been moved from the beginning, or from a year ago, from 80 double containers trucks per day, we are the exactly number that we were estimate, 300 double container trucks are able to cross with goods every day (through) Kerem Shalom." 14. End shot of conference room STORYLINE: Palestinian and United Nations officials in Gaza said on Wednesday that the situation in the Gaza Strip was at an all time low, a claim that Israel refutes. Milina Shahin, of the Public Information Office at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Gaza, said that in the year since the Israeli cabinet had decided to ease the blockade on the Gaza Strip there had been no real improvement in the lives of Palestinians. According to Shahin, unemployment has risen to 45.6 percent, while the number of Palestinians earning just 1.6 US dollars a day had tripled in the past year. Sami Abu Zuhri, a Hamas spokesman in Gaza, said that there was still very little getting through the blockade. A year ago, Israel announced it was significantly easing its blockade of Hamas-ruled Gaza to allow in virtually all consumer goods. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
