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Illustrative photo of Palestinian workers in Israel. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

For Washington Post, cheap labor is key to Mideast peace

A recent article in ‘The Washington Post’ praises efforts by the Israeli government to bring in cheap labor from Jordan as a sign of growing peace. The problem? It all comes at the expense of Palestinian workers. By Hagar Shezaf A Washington Post article published earlier this week praised a new pilot project between the…

By +972 Magazine May 19, 2016

Stickers mark Israeli goods at a grocery store in Ramallah. (Photo by Jessica Devaney/Just Vision)

Bringing the boycott back home: Palestinian stores drop Israeli goods

Amid the Gaza war this summer, Palestinian store owners in the West Bank began removing Israeli products from their shelves. The campaign also aims to educate Palestinian consumers to buy local. By Yael Marom and Jessica Devaney The call for boycotting Israeli products and services has been gaining momentum across the West Bank in recent…

By +972 Magazine September 3, 2014

Downtown Ramallah. (photo: Wikicommons)

The Ramallah bubble: Prosperity under occupation?

By Lia Tarachansky and Max Blumenthal From street level in downtown Ramallah the economy seems to be thriving. Gleaming storefronts display an array of brand-name products, American fast food restaurants are sprouting up and the city is host to a bustling nightlife that could rival Tel Aviv. For years Israeli officials have pointed to economic…

By +972 Magazine February 10, 2013

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Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad (Beautiful Faces of Palestine/CC BY NC ND 2.0)

World Bank report obscures nature of Palestinian economic crisis

Why does Prime Minister Fayyad wish to ‘improve’ the Paris Protocols, despite the severe limitations that it imposes on the PA’s ability to choose their own economic regime and adopt trade policies? By Neve Gordon Triggered by gas-price increases, tens of thousands of Palestinian taxi, truck and bus drivers in the West Bank observed a…

By +972 Magazine September 27, 2012

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, U.S. president Bill Clinton, and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat at the signing of the Oslo Accords at the White House on September 13, 1993. (Vince Musi/The White House)

An agreement on indefinite occupation: Oslo celebrates 19 years

Regardless of the intentions of the people signing it, there is no denying what the Oslo Accords and the Paris Protocol have become: providers of the legal framework and international legitimacy for the oppression of millions. Today, 19 years ago, hours before the Oslo agreement was signed in Washington, I set foot for the first…

By Noam Sheizaf September 13, 2012