…an international spotlight on Gaza and pressure on Israel, this isolated Palestinian coastal enclave is experiencing its first real period of economic growth since the siege they are protesting began in 2007. "Things are better than a year ago," said Jamal El-Khoudary, chairman of the board of the Islamic University, who has led Gaza's Popular Committee Against the Siege. "The siege on goods is now 60 to 70 percent over." Ala al-Rafati, the economy minister for Hamas…