Political، Economic and Social Effects of the Tunnels Phenomena on the Community in Gaza Strip from the Point of View of the Faculty Staff at the Palestinian Universities

Abstract

The present study aimed to indentify the political، economical and social

effects for the tunnel phenomena on Palestinian society in Gaza strip from the

point view of the teaching staff in Palestinian universities, and present some

recommendations in order overcome its political, economical and social

effects. The researchers used the analytic descriptive method. The study

tool was a questionnaire prepared by the researcher. It consisted of (33)

items distributed over three domains. The study population consisted of (96)

teaching staff members in the Islamic university, Alazher University, Alqsa

University, Alquds Open University, and Gaza University. The mean for the

total results was (50.30%) this means that the tunnel effects were negative on

Gaza society. The study revealed also that there are no statistically significant

differences due to the academic rank variable. The study showed that there

are statistically significant differences due to university variable, in favor of

the teaching staff of the Islamic university. Furthermore, the study revealed

that there are statistically significant differences due to the gender variable;

in favor of it was for male. In the light of study, the researchers presented

some recommendations.