Who is the biggest source of income for Gaza and West Bank Palestinians.

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@burqaposhx

Who is the biggest source of income and jobs for Gaza and West Bank Palestinians. It is not Egypt, or Jordan, or Syria, or even West Bank and Gaza.

Intifada and other militancy has hurt the Palestinians as the major share of jobs and income for Palestinian come from Israel.

It is time to defeat the militancy and jihadism among Palestinians. Otherwise they will continue suffering economically.

You can find many research papers on this topic. Here is one reference.

Palestine - Israel Journal of Politics, Economics and Culture

…Labor surveys show a decline in employment associated with the Intifada and the imposition of tighter closure, both internal and external. Of the 21,700 jobs lost from 2000 to 2001 in the three governorates (plus the district of Tubas), the decline in construction accounted for almost 50 percent. Agriculture witnessed the second largest drop at 18 percent of the total.

It is reasonable to conclude that a considerable portion of the decline in jobs was from employment across the Green Line in Israel. This conclusion is based on the relatively heavy concentration of jobs lost in these border governorates - almost half of the people who became unemployed in the West Bank between 2000 and 2001 came from this region - a proportion greater than its population share. …

Burqa, can you please upload something in your own voice… I just want to hear to see if you are saying something like this:

"Khamas(hamas) khill (kill) people khonestly (honestly)… "