Total area: 360 sq km

Border countries: Egypt 11 km,Israel 51 km Coastline: 40 km

Early History

• 15th century BC. First mention of the city of Gaza .

Samson was delivered into bondage by Delilah.

13th century BC the area was taken over by the Philistines.

Recent History• 1517 Gaza fell to the Ottoman empire who ruled it from 1517-1799. • 1799 Napoleon captured Gaza City in. • 1832 Muhammad Ali made Gaza a part of Egypt in• 1919 Gaza became part of the British Mandate of Palestine

1947-1949• 1947 Partition plan, the Gaza area was to

become part of a new Arab state.

24 February 1949 the Israel–Egypt Armistice AgreementEgypt remained in control of a strip of land along the coast, which became known as the Gaza Strip.

22 September, 1948 All-Palestine Governmentwas proclaimed in Gaza City by the Arab League.

Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip or Egypt were issued All-Palestine passports

1949 - 1979• 1956, the Suez affair Gaza Strip occupied by Israel. Israel withdraw.• 1959, Gamal Abdul Nasser annul the All-Palestine government• June 1967 The Six-Day War. Gaza is controlled by Israel military administration. Gush Katif, 21 settlements comprising 20% of the total territory.

• March 1979 Israel and Egypt signed the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty. Settle the international border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. Egypt renounced all territorial claims to the region beyond the

international border.

Intifada & Palestinian Government

• 1988 First Intifada• May 1994, Palestinian-Israeli agreements, a phased transfer of

governmental authority to the Palestinians.• March 1996 inaugural of the Palestinian National Council• September 2000 The Second Intifada

15 August 2005 Israel starts the unilateral disengagement plan.

Israel Pull out the settlements

Civil war• January 2006, Hamas win the election• January –May 2007, Civil war in Gaza Strip• June 2007, the Gaza Strip was completely overrun by Hamas

Current Status• Gaza does not belong to any sovereign state.• Israel and Egypt closed its border crossings with Gaza.• Israel forigen Minister, Zipi Livne– “Gaza is no longer occupied,

Israel does not exercise effective control or authority over any land or institutions in the Gaza Strip”

• Palestine Authority Chairman, Mahmoud Abbas stated, "the legal status of the areas slated for evacuation has not changed.“

Gaza Strip vital statistics• Per capita income of $625 a year.• Economic output in the Gaza Strip declined by 1/3 between 1992

and 1996.• 60% of the population below the poverty line.• 17.5% of children aged 6–59 months suffer from chronic

malnutrition.• 53% of women of reproductive age and 44% of children are

anaemic .

Gaza Population: 1.4 Million99.3% Sunni MuslimsWest Bank Population: 2.3 MillionArab 83%Jewish 17%

Demographic Data

Gaza West Bank

Israel Egypt UK

0-14 years 48.5% 38% 26.1% 31.8% 18%

15-64 years 48.8% 58.3% 64.2% 63.5% 66.3%

65 years and over 2.6% 3.7% 9.7% 4.7% 15.7%

Birth rate: 40.03 25.95 20.8 22.94 10.65

Death rate: 3.87 3.85 6.18 5.23 10.05

Infant mortality rate:

22.93 16.64 6.89 31.33 4.93

Israel Population: 7.3 MillionJewish 76.0%Arab 19.4%Other 4.6%

Per Capita Income $US Rank

UK 45,681 20

Israel 26,536 30

Egypt 2,109 116

India 1,043 136

Gaza 625 ?

Rwanda 420 168