TITLE

PALESTINIANS SUFFER AS ISRAEL CLOSES DOORS TO ECONOMY

AUTHOR(S)
Jansen, Michael
PUB. DATE
January 2001
SOURCE
Middle East;Jan2001, Issue 308, p12
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Focuses on the impact of Israel's near-total economic blockade on Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Reasons cited by Israel for the imposition of blockades on Palestinian territories; Israel's refusal to pay pensions and unemployment benefits to Palestinians living in East Jerusalem.
ACCESSION #
3989824

Tags: ECONOMIC sanctions;  INTERNATIONAL economic relations

 

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