1.   Although its refineries and storage depots are full of fuel, blockades have prevented the fuel from being delivered to service stations.

2.   Also, Israeli blockades would prevent members from traveling to a single meeting place.

3.   A nearly-three-week-old Israeli blockade has prevented them from leaving town by car except for medical emergencies.

4.   Military blockades outside Ramallah prevent people living in outlying villages from entering the city, stifling the economy.

5.   The blockades have also prevented imports and exports, paralyzing the economy.

6.   Heavy police blockades prevented them from reaching the downtown parliament building.

7.   The blockade prevented Russian Defense Minister Pavel Grachev, who visited the region earlier this week, from touring the recently built boat.

8.   The blockade also prevented the Nobel Peace Prize laureate from delivering her weekend speeches for the first time since her release from house arrest in July last year.

9.   The blockade also prevented the Nobel Peace Prize laureate from delivering her weekend speeches for the first time since her release from house arrest last year.

10.   The blockade has also prevented imported medicines reaching the capital while production at many factories has ceased because they are unable to access raw material.