No Change on the Ground
"Everyone is talking about a change but we are not feeling it as much. If our fishermen approach the border line indicated by Israel, their naval forces would arrest them or shoot them. Plus Israel is still preventing us from importing the necessary equipment to build new boats or to repair the old ones."
"It was a golden period for us, and we were considered rich people. Now, we depend on the cash injections of rich Palestinian donors," he said, referring to the Gulf states and various international organisations, such as the UN refugee agency UNRWA.
Hard Times
"We and our families were left hanging and local authorities have not provided us with any financial assistance. It has been unbearable."
"I am not educated and all I have done in my life was fishing. I don't know anything else. And what's left for me is only to hope that the situation will eventually improve."