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| Middle East |
| Palestinian economy close to total collapse |
| 2002-05-08 |
| The Palestinian economy is close to total collapse because of Israel's blockade and incursions. 70 percent of Palestinians are out of work, 150,000 of them because they are barred from traveling to old employers in Israel. "But the concept of unemployment has become insignificant" because even people who do have jobs in Palestinian areas often cannot travel to work because of Israeli army checkpoints, International Labor Organization's director for the region, Friedrich Buttler, said. That's okay. They still have their "Arab dignity." And their guns, bombs, and plenty of cheap cannon fodder. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |