Construction worker in the Gaza Strip

Unemployment in Gaza Rose in Q3

The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics published last week its employment figures for the third quarter of 2016, which paint a troubling picture of continually rising unemployment rates, and a stagnating economy. Gaza’s unemployment rose from 41.7% in the previous quarter to 43.2%, in the third quarter. Unemployment in the West Bank was much lower…

Polish premier Beaty Szydło and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu during which they signed the joint statement on Tuesday, November 22, in Jerusalem

Israel Adopts Warsaw Narrative, Ignores Polish Holocaust Crimes

A joint statement issued on Tuesday, November 22, by the Israeli and Polish governments makes no mention of Polish persecution of Jews during the Holocaust despite the several paragraphs in the statement devoted to Holocaust remembrance. Critics charge that Poland’s right-wing government has been trying to obliterate any reference to such persecution and other unpleasant…