BR - ePaper
Dec 03, 2019
Epaper
Israeli occupation costs Palestinian economy $2.5bn a year: UN
Dec 03, 2019
RAMALLAH, (Palestinian Territories): Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories has cost the economy of the Palestinians more than $2.5 billion a year for the past two decades, a UN report said Monday.
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development report estimated the total fiscal loss to the Palestinian government between 2000 and 2017 at $47.7 billion.—AFP