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. Population, Housing and Establishments Census 2017, Final Results- Establishments Report. Ramallah - Palestine. As for employment, on average, 37% of all workers covered in the census were employed in the internal trade sector, the highest out of all economic sectors by far, followed by manufacturing (22%). Moreover, the sector was the second highest employer of women (18%), exceeded only by education-related establishments, which employed 26% of all women workers covered in the census. It is...

Experts Warn of ‘Devastating’ Economic Impact of Rejoining Paris Climate Accord Rejoining the Paris climate agreement as it stands now will have devastating economic consequences for the United States, with little actual environmental benefit, according to experts. President Joe Biden on Jan. 20 signed an executive order to rejoin the global pact, one of his first major moves as president. According to the United Nations, developed countries under the agreement should “take the lead in ...

Joint Statement: 10 Israeli, Palestinian and international health and human rights organizations: Israel must provide necessary vaccines to Palestinian health care systems Format As the Israeli healthcare system begins the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccines to the Israeli public, we, the undersigned organizations, urge the Israeli authorities to live up to their legal obligations and ensure that quality vaccines be provided to Palestinians living under Israeli occupation and control in the W...

Follow Dec. 16, 2020 Senior officials in the Gaza Strip’s health care system warned Tuesday that the system was at risk of collapse due to the sharp rise in the number of coronavirus patients in serious condition and on ventilators. According to the Gaza Health Ministry, since Monday the number of seriously ill or ventilated patients has gone up by 40 and now stands at 226. According to Gaza health sources, the hospitals and wards treating coronavirus patients are at 90 percent capacity. The ...

Palestinians’ living conditions may be about to start improving Yossi Mekelberg December 16, 2020 04:42 A Palestinian girl is pictured behind a whole at her destroyed familys house, Gaza City, Oct. 8, 2020. (AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/wtxar For years, the financial situation of the Palestinian Authority (PA) has teetered on the brink of collapse. The heyday of the Oslo years, during which the Palestinian economy was looking up, is long gone. A consequence of the Second Intifada that bro...

Toggle open close On April 22, 2016, the United States, along with over 170 other nations, signed the Paris Agreement on climate change. Negotiated in December 2015, the agreement contains both binding and non-binding commitments intended to combat global warming by shifting the global energy economy away from the use of natural resources such as coal, natural gas, and oil, and toward renewable sources like solar and wind power. As part of its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC)...