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UN: Palestinians growing more dependent on Israeli imports

By The Associated Press

Palestinians are becoming more dependent on imports - particularly from Israel - while the value of the goods they export is declining, according to a United Nations study released Thursday.

Palestinians imported $2 billion worth of goods from Israel last year, equivalent to almost half of their gross domestic product (GDP), the UN Conference on Trade and Development said in its annual report on the Palestinian territories.

Overall, imports rose to $3.63 billion in 2006 compared to $3.35 billion the year before, UNCTAD said.

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At the same time, GDP in the Palestinian territories decreased by 6.6 percent to $4.15 billion and its exports dropped by 12.6 percent last year to $581 million, the 20-page report said.

The UN body said Palestinians were becoming increasingly isolated as a direct result of Israeli closure policies imposed since the militant group Hamas won legislative elections in early 2006.

Unemployment in the Palestinian territories remained stable last year at just under 30 percent, the report said.

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1.	Commerce is the key	19:01	\|	Dave from Chicago	30/08/07

2.	Palestinians rely on Israeli imports	19:03	\|	MichaelF	30/08/07

3.	UN: Palestinians growing more dependent on Israeli imports	20:05	\|	EDward Harrington	30/08/07

4.	Israel and the palestinians	20:18	\|	Edifice	30/08/07

5.	News?	21:01	\|	Realistic Arab	30/08/07

6.	Gaza is North Korea of the Region	21:35	\|	dyinglikeflies	30/08/07

7.	Gaza is an open air prison	22:05	\|	joefiasco2007	30/08/07

8.	They were given the Israel hothouses and destroyed them!	22:18	\|	redmike	30/08/07

9.	#1 it was working before the oslo disaster	22:40	\|	victor hardman	30/08/07

10.	#7 joefiasco2007	23:16	\|	* BEN JABO	30/08/07

11.	Chopping off the hand that feeds you	23:23	\|	Avi	30/08/07

12.	More Israeli Colonialism !	23:43	\|	Yoram	30/08/07

13.	Total crap-Pals import over 3 billion of Jordanian goods	00:37	\|	Sal	31/08/07

14.	Um, duh? that`s what happens when Israel closes the gates?	00:41	\|	Pablo B	31/08/07

15.	re: Dave	01:13	\|	Paulo	31/08/07

16.	re: Redmike	01:17	\|	Paulo	31/08/07

17.	re: Redmike	01:17	\|	Paulo	31/08/07

18.	Israeli Arab commerce	01:35	\|	Gene Warech	31/08/07

19.	hard to understand paolo	01:58	\|	Gene Warech	31/08/07

20.	#14 Pablo B	03:50	\|	* BEN JABO	31/08/07

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