Palestinian economy

Palestinian economy suffers worst-ever collapse after Israel-Hamas conflict, UN says

The two-year Gaza war triggered an unprecedented collapse in the Palestinian economy, returning GDP per capita to 2003 levels and ranking the crisis among the ten worst globally, UNCTAD said.

Palestinians shop at a market in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on November 21, 2025.
 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken attend a video meeting with G7 leaders to discuss the Iranian attack on Israel, at the White House on Sunday.

G7 finance leaders to call on Israel to maintain Palestinian bank links

 Palestinian workers in Israel

Palestinian unemployment rate seen spiking to over 50% amid Gaza war, ILO says

International Monetary Fund logo is seen outside the headquarters building during the IMF/World Bank spring meeting in Washington, US, April 20, 2018.

Prospects for Palestinian economy remain ‘bleak’ - IMF


Peace and political change can be fostered via economic investment

Since we cannot rely on our governments to improve the political situation, it remains in the hands of private citizens, non-government organizations and the private sector.

A MARKET in Ramallah. In any model for the future of relations between Israel and the Palestinians it will be essential to place a lot of energy into the development of the Palestinian economy.

The reasons behind Palestinian apathy towards annexation

Right now, Palestinians feel less motivated to take to the streets to protest Israeli or US policies as Fatah and Hamas leaders continue to engage in an incomprehensible struggle over money and power

A member of medical staff swabs the nose of a Palestinian worker for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing upon his return from Israel, outside the Israeli-controlled Tarqumiya checkpoint near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank March 26, 2020

World Bank: Palestinian economy could contract by 11% due to COVID-19

In 2019 the Palestinian economy grew by only 1% due in part to low levels of investment, movement restriction, poor tax collection and a stand-off between the PA and Israel.

A Palestinian man waits at a counter to make a withdrawal at the Housing Bank for Trade & Finance in the West Bank city of Ramallah January 22, 2013

Palestinian entrepreneurs find way to turn olive waste into clean energy

A trio of graduates in Gaza are marketing an innovative energy product, bringing sustainable, affordable energy to the region.

A Palestinian man closes a bag containing freshly picked olives, as a boy looks on, during harvest at a farm in Tubas, West Bank; October 19, 2018.

Palestinian Authority says calf imports ban ‘irreversible'

Al-Sheikh said on Twitter that he did not attend any meeting with Israeli officials regarding the calf imports crisis.

Cow illustrative

PA Economic Crisis Begins Affecting Civilians

Football League warns season in jeopardy due to lack of funding

A Palestinian woman walks with her children near an entrance of the UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency) health center in the Shuafat refugee camp in east Jerusalem October 10, 2018

Letters to the Editor June, 26, 2019: Concentration camps everywhere

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

Letters

Palestinian Authority PM: Israel Wants to Destroy Our Economy

Palestinian Authority asks World Bank to monitor Jewish state’s policy of withholding tax transfers over PA payments for attacks against Israelis.

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY PRESIDENT Mahmoud Abbas, Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh (third left) and other members of the new government attend the swearing-in ceremony in Ramallah last month.

Palestinian shortsightedness

As Khaled Abu Toameh and Tovah Lazaroff reported in The Jerusalem Post this week, the PA is on the verge of financial collapse.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas

Arab League again seeks to rescue Palestinian Authority economy

Monthly safety net agreed to again but there’s still no guarantees.

Downtown Hebron shopping area in the Palestinian Authority H1 controlled section of the city, February, 2018