This month marks the 15th anniversary of the Israeli government’s closure of the Gaza Strip, which effectively confines more than 2 million people into a small strip of land. New Human Rights Watch research shows how the closure penetrates virtually every aspect of everyday life, from people’s freedom of movement to the ability to pursue educational or professional opportunities, to seek medical care, or to visit family elsewhere. The travel ban meFor Palestinians in Gaza, Freedom is Pricelessans that athletes cannot compete in games and artists cannot reach their own galleries. People who want to travel or even see the world outside, are unable to. One person, who was repeatedly denied a permit to travel, said, “There is no future in Gaza.… There is only a death sentence.” We spoke with HRW’s Israel and Palestine Director Omar Shakir and Senior Research Assistant Abier Almasri about their new report, what’s happening inside Gaza, and the people whose lives are being put on hold. | 
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