In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

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• In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most
  Merciful

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Study on the Relation-ship Between the Siege ,
the quality of life and psychological conditions
in Gaza
By Samir Qouta Ph D Associated Prof. Islamic
University Aida Kssab Oct. 2008
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• Verily, we have created man into toil and
  struggle

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INTRODUCTION
Israel has imposed a severe siege on the Gaza
Strip since Hamas winning of the parliamentary
elections in January, 2006. Furthermore, Israel
has tightened this siege following Hamas military
domination over the Gaza Strip in June, 2007 when
Israel declared that the Gaza Strip is an enemy
entity.
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Israel has tightened the siege and embargo
imposed on the Gaza Strip reaching unprecedented
levels. This action included various sanctions
such as cut-off fuel and electricity provisions
to Gaza as well as all other energy resources.
Israel has also imposed strict closure on all
Gaza Strip border crossings, preventing movement
of civilians including patients for medical
services. Such procedures led to entire shut-down
of the sole energy producing station in the Gaza
Strip, and many times and as a consequence, Gaza
is drowning in darkness whereas electricity from
all homes, industrial, and health facilities in
the Gaza Strip was cut-off entirely .
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• Due to the denial of deliveries of vital supplies
  of food, fuel and humanitarian aids to the Gaza
  Strip, there has been a crisis in obtaining
  necessary food supplies for the people in Gaza.
  This situation added to the already existing
  crisis due to the fact that 85 of the
  Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip depends
  mainly on the humanitarian aids for securing
  their basic needs of survival. Furthermore, the
  stoppage of electricity and fuel as well as flour
  cut-off have caused even more paralysis in the
  bakeries in the Gaza Strip, thus preventing the
  Palestinians from receiving their necessary needs
  of bread

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Goals This study tried to explore the
"relationship between the siege and its impact on
the economic and social areas and the quality of
life of Palestinian families" beside the
psychological consequences of the Palestinian
children and adults. The researchers used the
quantitative and qualitative approach.
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Sample The study used stratified random sample
involved 244 heads of the family with average age
(38) years, distributed in cities and camps and
villages in Gaza Strip . Tools using tools to
measure the economic and social levels as well as
the World Health Organization (WHO) quality of
life scale,and scl. Method ( Descriptive
app.based on quantative and qualitative
methods. In order to accomplish the study
qualtaitative We asked each participant to tell
us a story that he pass about the siege
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• The Results of the Quantitative Part

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Results

• The Israeli siege pushed around 84 of
  Palestinian families to change the patterns of
  their lives while about 93 of them gave up
  their daily living requirements. About 95 of the
  families in Gaza, expressed their dissatisfaction
  of the fact that Gaza Strip is converted into a
  big prison, where they live in throughout the
  night and day.
• Patients without medication..!
• The results of the study showed that 47 of
  patients in Gaza are not able to get the medicine
  they needed after Israel tightened its control
  over the crossings and prevented aid convoys and
  medical supplies to enter the hospitals in Gaza.
  The suffering of 38 of the patients by not
  receiving medical services has increased as well.

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• In terms of social impacts, there has been a
  reduction in the social visits between citizens
  by 79 due to worsening of financial and social
  conditions. It was also indicated by the study
  that most of the interviewees of the study
  expressed that they do not tend to stay long
  outside the home due to the conditions of work or
  other reasons. The siege impacted about 92 on
  the behaviors of citizens regarding participating
  in social events.
• Due to the continued siege, 95 of the citizens
  could not find the objects and goods that they
  were looking for while the prices rose 99 as
  the income of citizens were reduced with 68 45
  of whom were fired from their jobs moreover, 77
  of the workers were suspended of their jobs in
  the construction sector and they were unable to
  sustain their work due to lack of basic materials
  for construction of cement and iron and others.