It's their own fault. That's what you get for electing Hamas as your government.

Like I said that election is on the same scale of stupidity as those Germans who said emphatically yes to the question "Wolt ihr den totalen krieg?".  The  Palestinians said yes to a similar choice and now they're gonna have to live with the results.

Not practical, as Gaza's geology is against it, and cement is not made with silica sand, but rather with marl/limestone, of which Gaza only has scattered, and mostly built-over, outcrops.
The bedrock along the coast is a brittle and uneven Pleistocene sandstone called Kurkar, and is not really good for anything except as a landscape feature.
...Which reminds me that this board still doesn't allow uploading pictures. Too bad, I've got a few nice ones of my neighborhood's kurkar hill...

You know how America could help in this case?

Tools.

Safety instruction.

And markers.

Do I seem a bit callous? No, I am not. But with those cretins in Gaza I say, "Wrap the deceased Hamas thug in a canvas bag, put some rocks in for weight, take a fishing boat out into the Mediterranean and dump the remains over the side. If the terrorist was useless in life, at least he can feed the fish, and be useful in death. 

Herald

Wouldn't be suprised if the Palestinians are perfectly able to import cement, but that someone higher up in the Palestinian hierarchy prevents this. Just like Saddam was able to import all kinds of stuff for his people druing the embargo years, but didn't do so.

Israel imports a lot, if not most, of its cement from Egypt.
Why can't Gaza do the same? Israel does not control their boundary with Egypt, so the problem could be due to the Egyptians insisting on getting paid, or something...