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Firms market homes in West Bank settlements to Jews in U.S., stoking controversy

by Mitchell Hartman
Sep 12, 2024
Pro-Palestinian activists have protested gatherings at synagogues that pitch properties in Israel and Israeli-occupied land.
Pro-Palestinian activists gathered in Brooklyn, New York, in March to denounce Israel's war in Gaza and demand an end to the sale of occupied Palestinian land in the West Bank.
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How the Israel-Hamas war has created “mini Gazas”

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Meredith Garretson and Erika Soderstrom
May 30, 2024
A contextual look at the economic toll of war.
Above, a Palestinian boy kicks a ball in front of the rubble from a house destroyed in heavy fighting in the West Bank city of Jenin on May 24.
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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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