Human Rights Watch, an international human rights organisation, on Tuesday, condemned the ongoing 15-year Israeli blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip. In a press statement sent to The New Arab, HRW said the Israeli blockade destroyed the economy in Gaza and contributed to the dispersal of the people. “Israel, with the help of Egypt, turned the Gaza Strip into an open-air prison,” HRW’s statement said, adding that the restrictions of Tel Aviv and Cairo on Gaza have destroyed the lives of Palestinians. It considered that the blockade is “part of two crimes against humanity, namely apartheid and p…