Field Notes from Gaza, 2012
I spent six weeks in the southern section of the Gaza Strip.During that time, I met and interviewed local fishermen whose daily routes are shaped by invisible borders at sea.Under the Gaza-Jericho Agreement—part of the Oslo Accords—they were once allowed to fish up to 20 nautical miles offshore.In 2002, the limit was reduced to 12 miles, then to 6 in 2006, and finally to 3 miles after Operation Cast Lead in 2008.
Eyewitnesses report that this boundary is now enforced by gunfire.
The sea, like the land, is measured, contained, and watched.
