People shot by Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip want the European Union to cut research funding to Israeli defence and security industries.
But their demands have been met with short shrift by the European Commission, highlighting the sense of abandonment of a population ring-fenced in an open air like prison.
The drive from the Israeli-controlled Erez crossing in the Gaza Strip towards the shoreline passes by the usual dilapidated and faded pastel-coloured apartment blocks.
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