Unemployment in the Gaza Strip, Blockaded by Israel, Reaches 41%
Unemployment in the Gaza Strip rose by about half a percent during the first quarter of 2017, reaching 41.1%. The unemployment rate in the final quarter of 2016 was 40.6%. Gaza’s unemployment has been higher than 40% since early 2014. A worrying trend observed in the figures for the first quarter of 2017 is the…