Palestinian Central Bureau Of Statistics News
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Palestinians, mired in a financial crisis that forced an emergency 50 percent cut in public salaries, may find that pursuing statehood at the United Nations next month puts them in a worse condition.
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Reem Qaraqe was a novelty at the Bethlehem branch of Bank of Palestine Plc, and she says some customers didn’t hide their astonishment. “There’s a girl here,” was a typical remark. “Why?”
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Israel made a final diplomatic push to halt a flotilla planning to break its embargo of the Gaza Strip and prevent confrontation similar to that of a year ago when nine Turkish activists were killed.
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In an Istanbul dockyard, workers are outfitting the Mavi Marmara, the ship on which Israeli commandos killed nine Turkish activists a year ago, to lead a second attempt to break Israel’s embargo of the Gaza Strip.
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Palestinian Brigadier General Radi Assidi stood on a balcony overlooking a compound filled with U.S.-donated Chevrolet police vehicles and gazed out at the West Bank city of Jenin, which he says has had one murder in the last two years.
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Maher Mushtaha’s furniture factory lost its $10 million in annual revenue and had to furlough most of its 284 employees when Israel closed Gaza’s borders in June 2007 following Hamas’s takeover of the Palestinian territory.
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The Palestinian economy has the potential for annual growth of at least 10 percent for several years, provided Israel eases access restrictions, Palestinian Authority National Economy Minister Hasan Abu-Libdeh said.
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