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.

|ByREUTERS
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

The G7 finance leaders also called for the removal or relaxation of other measures "that have negatively impacted commerce to avoid further exacerbating the economic situation in the West Bank."

|ByREUTERS
Palestinian workers in Israel

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

A third of West Bank jobs, and two-thirds of Gaza jobs, have been lost.

|ByREUTERS
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

In its latest report, the International Monetary Fund says the volatile political and security situation has created “an increasingly difficult environment”.

|ByMOHAMMAD AL-KASSIM/THE MEDIA LINE

Model city

Bashar al-Masri is the driving force behind Rawabi, the largest private-sector project ever carried out in the Palestinian areas.

MARCH 19, 2014ByANDREW FRIEDMAN
Entrepreneur Basher al-Masri shows off his Rawabi project, February 23

Should they stay or should they go?

Palestinian workers are caught between employment in the settlements and low salaries and a lack of opportunities in the West Bank.

MARCH 19, 2014ByJIHAN ABDALLA
West Bank factory

Frankly, Oxfam, Scarlett doesn’t give a damn

Why Oxfam boycotting products from West Bank Settlements is ignorant and wrong.

FEBRUARY 2, 2014ByAVI PERRY
Scarlett Johansson as pitchwoman for SodaStream.

The business of higher learning

A mini-MBA program at Tel Aviv University is giving Palestinians a step up in the global market.

JANUARY 30, 2014ByTAMARA ZIEVE
PALESTINIAN ENTREPRENEUR Sereen Sabi speaks to the group participating in the mini-MBA program at TAU