Posts Tagged: Palestinian Economy
Palestinians Reject Monthly Tax Transfer From Israel Over Prisoners Dispute
The Palestinian Authority has rejected the first 2019 monthly tax transfer from Israel because it slashed the portion designated for financial support to families of militants who...
US Envoy Urges Tighter Business Ties Between Israeli Settlers, Palestinians
The U.S. ambassador to Israel on Thursday urged deeper business ties between Israeli settlers and Palestinian businessmen in the West Bank, angering Palestinian leaders. David Friedman, who was appointed...
American Official: USAID Assistance in West Bank and Gaza Has Ceased
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has ceased all assistance to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, a American official said on...
Qatar Steps in to Pay Civil Servants Wages in Gaza
Qatar paid the salaries of nearly 30,000 Gazan civil servants on Friday, delighting the impoverished workers but angering some in the deeply divided Palestinian leadership...
UN Bemoans Unsustainable Palestinian Economy
Palestinian citizens are trapped in an economy of jobless growth with no prospects, especially in Gaza, which is undergoing "de-development," the United Nations trade and...
Anger as Palestinian Authority Cuts Gaza Salaries and Pays Late
The Palestinian Authority cut salaries for its staff in Gaza by 20 percent on Thursday and failed to make up for skipping the previous month's...
Palestinian Authority Pays Wages in the West Bank, but Not Gaza
The Palestinian Authority did not pay the salaries of its employees in Gaza this month, in a move that could threaten an already-faltering unity deal...
Will Palestinian Energy Feud Spark Surge in Violence Against Israel?
JNS.org - The long-running feud between Hamas and Fatah has led to a deepening crisis in the Gaza Strip, as cuts in the electricity supply there are...
For New York Times, Story of Filipino Workers in Israel Is All About the ‘Occupation’
The New York Times Magazine recently carried a long article about Filipino caregivers in Israel, who, like immigrant domestic workers pretty much everywhere, have challenging lives. The...
How BDS Harms the Palestinians
When Israel enacted a new policy last month banning the entry of BDS advocates into the Jewish state, some of the strongest criticism came from a group that touts...
Israeli Settler Leader Tells DC Audience: BDS Hopes to Sabotage Peaceful Coexistence Between Jews and Arabs
The anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement seeks to “sabotage the only real example of peaceful coexistence in the Middle East,” an Israeli settler...
Britons See Israel as Key Mideast Ally; Only 1 in 9 Support Boycott
The majority of Britons see Israel as the UK's premier ally among many of the dominant countries in the Middle East, a new poll by the Britain...
For the First Time, PA Arrests BDS Activists in Ramallah
In an unprecedented first, the Palestinian Authority recently arrested four anti-Israel BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) activists in Ramallah. The four, Zeid Shuaibi, Abdel Jawad Hamayel,...
The Dire State of the Palestinian Economy
The Palestinian economy inside of Judea and Samaria is in official crisis mode. The long-term effects of the Arab Spring as well as rampant corruption have...
