Seaside Vendors Decry Gentrification of Gaza Beach

(Middle East Eye-UK) Tareq Hajjaj - Dotting the Gaza coastline, hundreds of young Palestinians set up carts to sell coffee, tea or corn to passers-by. But now the Hamas leadership in Gaza City has ordered that all mobile carts along the seafront be replaced by municipality-owned cement booths. Would-be vendors will have to pay the municipality $2,500 in rent per year for a booth - $1,500 up front before 20 June and another $1,000 over the course of the year. Those unable to afford the rent have been threatened with confiscation of their carts.


2020-06-15 00:00:00

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