Pandemic Intensifies Palestinians’ Economic Woes
Head of the committee Jamal al-Khudari said the economic problems in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank had already been critical due to the Zionist regime’s occupation and blockade and are now turning into a crisis with the coronavirus, Anadolu Agency reported.
He added that the pandemic has severely affected the lives of Palestinian workers as well as factories, farms, and businesses.
He called on Arab and international institutes to cooperate with Palestinian economic sectors to alleviate the impacts of the pandemic on the people’s lives.
Last month, the Palestinian Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip has called on the international community to put pressure on the Israel regime to lift its ongoing land, air, and sea blockade, so that the impoverished coastal sliver can cope with cases of coronavirus infection.
“We raise our voice and ask the whole world to help lift the siege on Gaza to enable it to face the coronavirus pandemic,” Yousef Abu al-Rish, a health ministry official in Gaza, announced in a statement.
Gaza has been under Israeli siege since June 2007, which has caused a decline in living standards.
There have been 290 coronavirus cases and two deaths reported in Palestine as of Monday morning.
