Palestinian Unemployment Hits 35%, As Economy Strangulates

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"Joblessness continues to grip Palestinians in the Occupied Arab Territories, reaching an average of 35 per cent, the United Nations International Labour Organization (ILO) said in a new report released Tuesday.

The agency found that tight restrictions on the movement of persons, goods and services were causing "severe losses in production, employment and income."

"The reality of life in the territories is one of strangulation of the economy," said ILO Director-General Juan Somavia in a preface to the report, prepared by a recent high-level mission to the areas. "Poverty continues to grip Palestinian communities, relieved only by large-scale international assistance."

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"The delays, increased costs and loss of earnings that result from road closures, prolonged security checks and curfews hamper economic activity of all kinds, thus reducing family incomes," Mr. Somavia said. "No sustained recovery of the economy is possible while this situation prevails."

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1. It's the joooooooooos

keep the people focused on stupid religious wars and they won't realize that their leaders are starving them