israel decides who comes and goes, what gets in and what stays out. apart from journalists, aid workers, emergency responders, very few people are allowed to cross into gaza. in 2005, the israeli defense forces left the gaza strip and all israeli settlers were removed. now inside gaza, hamas is in charge. considered a terrorist organization by both the united states and israel, they got elected in 2006. this is laila haddad, a native gazan, journalist and author of the gaza kitchen.
gazan, journalist and author of the gaza kitchen. they re not as big as they used to be, that s primarily because the fishermen can t go beyond three to six nautical miles. if you go beyond, what happens? they ll shoot at the fishermen, destroy their boats, cut their fishing nets, they ll detain them. it s obviously really risky business. nine nautical miles, that s where that deep sea channel is where you re going to get the really good catches. gaza is the last palestinian area with access to the coast. that s really important to remember. you have the west bank just an hour away, but many of the palestinians, they have never seen the sea, have never been to the sea. the family owns a small farm in the eastern gaza strip. she and her husband are unusual