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Possible severing of Israeli-Palestinian banking ties stirs worries

by Sabri Ben-Achour
May 28, 2024
If the Israeli finance minister's threat is carried out, the Palestinian economy — and the Palestinian Authority — could be starved of revenue.
Vandalized aid trucks on the Israeli side of a barrier with the West Bank. Before the Hamas attack of Oct. 7, many more Palestinians earned paychecks by working in Israel.
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"There is no economic solution for a political problem": The state of the Palestinian economy

by Sabri Ben-Achour and Erika Soderstrom
May 28, 2024
Eight months into the Israel-Hamas war, here's what the Palestinian economy looks like.
The war in Gaza has sent massive shockwaves through the already struggling Palestinian economy.
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Student protestors have a long history of demanding financial divestment

by Stephanie Hughes
Apr 30, 2024
In the '70s and '80s, college students demanded divestment as a way to put pressure on South Africa to end its apartheid policy.
Pro-Palestinian students and demonstrators barricade themselves at Columbia University's Hamilton Hall on Tuesday.
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