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Palestinian taxi drivers gather at a gas station amid a fuel shortage in the West Bank city of Nablus, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

How Israel manufactured a fuel shortage in the West Bank

Long gas station lines are a symptom of deeper structural problems: banking restrictions, total dependence on Israeli supply, and a PA in financial crisis.

By Sami Sawalmeh September 1, 2026

View of an empty school in Nablus, occupied West Bank, during a strike of Palestinian teachers, March 7, 2023. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

Defying PA repression, Palestinian teachers lead biggest strike in years

Amid an economic crisis caused by Israeli policies and PA corruption, teachers are bringing schools and streets to a standstill until their demands are met.

By Basel Adra April 18, 2023

Palestinian policemen block protesters during a demonstration against the visit of US President Barak Obama to the West Bank, Ramallah, March 21, 2013. (photo: Keren Manor/Activestills.org)

Sending the Palestinians to bed without dinner

By withholding the PA’s tax revenues, the Israeli government is effectively stealing Palestinian money. So why won’t the international community call it that? At the end of last year the Israeli government announced that it would stop transferring Palestinian tax revenue to the Palestinian Authority. The move was explained, explicitly, as a punitive measure for…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man April 21, 2015

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A Palestinian public-sector worker holds part of his salary withdrawn from an ATM, Nablus, West Bank, February 9, 2015. (photo: Ahmad Al-Bazz/Activestills.org)

Palestinian workers struggle as Israel seizes PA tax funds

Palestinian public-sector workers receive only partial salaries as Israel punishes the Abbas administration for its ICC bid by withholding tax funds it collects on the PA’s behalf. Text and photos by: Ahmad Al-Bazz/Activestills.org Palestinian public-sector workers finally received part of their monthly salaries from banks in West Bank cities and towns on Monday. The Palestinian Authority…

By Activestills February 11, 2015

The new Palestinian government, Ramallah, June 2, 2014. (Photo: Mustafa Bader/Activestills.org)

Bucking Israeli sanctions, Palestinians form unity gov’t

Swearing in of technocratic government is a first step in ending a seven-year rift between Hamas and Fatah. Israel takes punitive measures against the inclusion of Hamas. A technocratic Palestinian unity government was sworn in on Monday, a first step toward ending a seven-year rift between rival factions Hamas and Fatah in the Gaza Strip…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man June 2, 2014