UN Blames Israel for Sagging Palestinian Economy. The Debate: Economic Cost of Israeli Occupation

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• Published on Sep 7, 2016
  The U-N Conference on Trade and Development has for the first time assessed what it called QUOTE the staggering economic cost of occupation. The report has blamed a number of Israel’s oppressive actions including destruction of assets, expansion of Israeli settlements and confiscation of land for Palestine’s sagging economy. The report continues to say that the Israeli occupation deprives the Palestinian people of their human right to development. It also added that the territory’s economic recovery has been slow since a 20-14 recession mainly caused by the Israeli military operations in Gaza.

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• Published on Sep 7, 2016
  The UN has found that without the Israeli occupation & the limits it places, Palestine’s economy would be twice as large as it is. Israel chokes Palestine’s development through limited access to land, water, electricity, as well as checkpoints & demolitions, while also restricting the movement of goods & peoples, thus discouraging business. With an int’l community that looks the other way, a US which can, but chooses not to act in the interest of the Palestinian peoples’ rights, & the Palestinian Authority, which is fully reliant on others to finance its existence, the situation is grim for the Palestinian economy. With a recently failed attempt at restarting peace talks, in this edition of the debate we ask why it is to the benefit of Israel to keep the choke-hold on Palestinians.

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