2019 Gaza economic protests

2019 We Want to Live Gaza protests
Part of Second Arab Spring
Map of the Gaza Strip
Date14 March 2019 (2019-03-14) – 18 March 2019 (2019-03-18) (four days)[1]
Location
Caused by
  • Opposition to Hamas regime and corruption in the Gaza Strip
Goals
  • Reducing cost of living
  • Reducing taxation
Resulted in
  • Hamas security cracks down on the protesters
Parties

Protesters

Lead figures
Casualties
Arrested1,000+

The 2019 Gaza economic protests, also called the We Want to Live protests[2][1][3] and the 14th March movement,[1] were a series of protests held in the Gaza Strip in response to high costs of living and tax hikes. Moumen Al-Natour is the main organizer of We Want to Live movement, Al-Natour is a Palestinian lawyer and human rights defender.

The protests were met with violence by the ruling Hamas, which dispatched security forces to disperse protesters.[2] Several human rights organisations and political factions have denounced attacks on protesters by Hamas security forces.[2] The protests were described as the most severe anti-regime protests in Gaza since the Hamas takeover in 2007.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d Knell, Yolande (18 March 2019). "Economic protests test Hamas's grip on Gaza". BBC News.
  2. ^ a b c Humaid, Maram (19 March 2019). "Gaza rights groups denounce Hamas crackdown on protests". Al Jazeera.
  3. ^ Hass, Amira (19 March 2019). "Fatah Spokesman in Gaza Attacked by Masked Assailants Amid Protests". Haaretz.