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2019 Gaza economic protests
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<p>The 2019 Gaza economic protests, also called the <a href="/facts/We_Want_to_Live_movement/6XmaxCpo">We Want to Live</a> protests and the 14 March Movement, were a series of protests held in the <a href="/facts/Gaza_Strip/GodcCxlV">Gaza Strip</a> from 14 March to 18 March; demonstrators protested high costs of living and tax hikes. <a href="/facts/Moumen_al-Natour/GpabjAeb">Moumen Al-Natour</a>, a Palestinian lawyer and human rights activist, founded the <a href="/facts/We_Want_to_Live_movement/6XmaxCpo">We Want to Live movement</a>. </p><p>The protests were met with violence by the <a href="/facts/Hamas/VjIkApsc">Hamas</a> which dispatched security forces to disperse protesters. Several human rights organizations and political factions have denounced attacks on protesters by Hamas security forces. The protests were described as the most severe anti-regime protests in Gaza since the Hamas <a href="/facts/Battle_of_Gaza_(2007)/xWtETuwz">takeover</a> in 2007. </p>