Category: Palestine

Palestine Economic Structure


The Palestinian economy is largely dependent on the Israeli economy and is isolated from global trade. Israel is Palestine’s sole trading partner and controls all flows of goods, services, people and money into and out of the territories. Palestinians are therefore reliant on Israel for employment. Israel’s control of the Palestine economy has resulted in substational changes in the economic structure of Palestine in the last 30 years.

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Palestine Industry Sectors


With the often severe restrictions on the Palestinian economy, particularly the movement of goods and services, its economy is limited. The flow of economic information out of the country is also limited, so we will highlight the few sectors that have been reported on.

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Palestinian Economy


The economy of Palestine actually refers to the economy of the Palestinian territories that includes West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza strip. A victim of the lack of conclusion to the Middle East peace process, the Palestinian economy has suffered a great deal in last few years, and is in effect a hostage to the Israeli military – and economic – machine.

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