Palestine unemployment rate at 20%

Originally published March 24, 1999

Palestinian Minister of Labor Raffeq Al-Natshe stated that the rate of Palestinian unemployment amounts to 20% in normal conditions, rising to 98% when the Israeli authorities close Gaza and the West Bank, adding that when the independent Palestinian state is proclaimed, it will include all the employed Palestinians.

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