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KUNA : Jordan calls for serious negotiations based on two-state solution - Politics
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World Bank report calls for coordination to fight the spread of COVID-19 in the Palestinian territories - occupied Palestinian territory
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Israel must protect Palestinian economy from the pandemic
Beth Oppenheim
February 22, 2021 21:55
Trucks pass through the Kerem Shalom/Rafah crossing, the main passage point for goods entering Gaza from Egypt and Israel, July 17, 2018. (AFP)
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The UN has found that 2020 was one of the worst years for the Palestinian economy since 1994. Gaza has borne the worst of the economic pain. Last summer, when one sweet factory in Gaza advertised five vacancies, 2,000 jobseekers turned up at the office and 20,000 applied online. Since the pandemic hit, movement to and from the Strip has been virtually frozen, primarily by Israel, but also by Hamas. Decades of Israeli closure, occupation and conflict had already corroded the Palestinian economy and vital infrastructure, particularly Gaza’s. At the end of 2020, unemployment in the Strip stood at almost 49 percent, compared to nearly 19 percent in the West Bank.
(MENAFN - Jordan Times) AMMAN â Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi and Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ine Eriksen Søreide on Thursday discussed means of advancing cooperation in various fields, as well as enhancing coordination in efforts to resolve regional crises and achieve security and stability.
Safadi and Søreide, over the phone, stressed joint keenness on pushing forward the two kingdoms partnership towards broader aspects of cooperation, according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.
The two ministers also stressed the importance of collective and multilateral efforts in the fight against the pandemic and its repercussions.
Safadi also highlighted Amman s anti-virus efforts via employing a mechanism that strikes a fine balance between protecting public health and protecting the economy to mitigate the consequences of the pandemic, noting that despite the repercussions of the pandemic, Jordan s economic reform programme, agreed upon wi
UN Report: Palestinian socioeconomic development suffers one of its worst years since 1994
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