1. Nonetheless , for twenty years Gazans largely acquiesced to Israeli rule .

2. We start with a Gazan blogger who is actually in the United States at the moment.

3. The Nabateans controlled the trade on the spice route between their capital Petra and the Gazan seaports.

4. Adult unemployment is estimated at 60 %, and 90 % of Gazans are said to live below the poverty line.

5. 9 Rumours of a round-up of collaborators with Israel, including a Hamas member of parliament, keep Gazans edgily in check.

6. Washington and other capitals should declare the experiment in Gazan self - rule a failure and press President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt to help , perhaps providing Gaza with additional land or even annexing it as a province .