{"id":1804,"date":"2025-07-12T14:07:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T14:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/?p=1804"},"modified":"2025-07-12T14:07:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T14:07:26","slug":"gaza-history-of-conflict-and-blockade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/?p=1804","title":{"rendered":"Gaza: History of Conflict and Blockade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Gaza_-History-of-Conflict-and-Blockade.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PODCAST: explore the <strong>historical and ongoing conflict<\/strong> surrounding the Gaza Strip, tracing its origins from the 1948 displacement of Palestinians and the 1967 Israeli occupation. It details the <strong>impact of the prolonged blockade<\/strong> on over two million Palestinians, highlighting restrictions on essential supplies and movement, leading to what many describe as collective punishment. The document further explains the <strong>rise of Hamas<\/strong> within the context of Palestinian resistance movements and the failure of peace accords, culminating in the current escalation where civilians are disproportionately affected. Ultimately, the source argues that the <strong>unsustainable status quo<\/strong> and lack of hope for Palestinians are root causes of the recurring violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-opt-id=1129668144  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"562\" height=\"543\" src=\"https:\/\/ml6vmqguit1n.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-283.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ml6vmqguit1n.i.optimole.com\/w:562\/h:543\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-283.png 562w, https:\/\/ml6vmqguit1n.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:290\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-283.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 562px) 100vw, 562px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PODCAST: explore the historical and ongoing conflict surrounding the Gaza Strip, tracing its origins from the 1948 displacement of Palestinians and the 1967 Israeli occupation. It details the impact of the prolonged blockade on over two million Palestinians, highlighting restrictions on essential supplies and movement, leading to what many describe as collective punishment. The document&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/?p=1804\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gaza: History of Conflict and Blockade<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1806,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","category-the-truben-show"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1804"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1808,"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1804\/revisions\/1808"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/172-234-197-23.ip.linodeusercontent.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}