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Organizers of the "Lift the Sanctions" campaign in the Gaza Strip say the movement is gaining international momentum.
It has been 11 years since Israel imposed its blockade on Gaza and one year since the Palestinian Authority (PA) imposed sanctions on the strip. At the end of May, a mass campaign took off in the Palestinian territories asking the PA to eliminate its punitive measures on the Gaza Strip that affect salaries, operational expenses, medical transfers, early retirement decisions, power cuts and allowances for the families of Palestinians killed or detained in Israel.
