oliver boy barrett, welcome to economic divide. uh, taking a look at the um, i guess warning that was issued by the world bank on the dire state of the palestinian economy, uh, also on the gaza strip. both are not doing well, there isn't much hope for recuperation at this point, we're wondering how long this is going to take, because the onslot as we speak is still continuing, and uh, what do you think about the future of the occupied west bank given the fact? that you have the the aggression in the gaza strip and the violence that's uh a daily occurrence there in the occupied west bank, what one thing is absolutely for sure is that the uh gravity of the situation uh is unprecedented uh the situation is extremely uh grim uh as i think you just mentioned we've seen a fall uh in the palestinian economic activity of something like uh 80% uh in the last quarter uh we have seen a total fall off in the uh work permits that would be available for uh gasen uh workers uh in the in israel and uh we are seeing that uh on the west bank uh pale

oliver boy barrett welcome back economic divide. i'd like to zoom in a announcement. slash warning that the us treasury secretary actually issued against netanyahu where it's she said that uh he needs to take steps to prevent the collapse of the west bank economy as far as i recall the u.s. has a almost a direct hand in contributing to the uh west bank economy uh not in favor of the palestinians such as settlements the freedom of movement indirectly these are financially supported by the u.s. so isn't the us actually responsible in some regards? yeah, i think essentially um, robert ken, sorry, rfk junior uh, recently got it right when he described uh, the the role of israel for the united states is as kind of aircraft, aircraft carrier is the term that he used, so the united for the united states uh, i think he has this right, israel is kind of permanent, permanently anchored um aircraft carrier uh and his purposes to uh ensure the us foreign policies in the in the middle east are carried out, and that us hegemony is sustained, and

oliver boy barret, welcome to economic divide. uh, taking a look at the i guess warning that was issued by the world bank on the dire state of the palestinian economy uh also. on the gaza strip, both are not doing well, there isn't much hope for recuperation at this point, wondering how long this is going to take, because the onslot as we speak is still continuing, and uh, what do you think about the future of the occupied west bank given the fact that you have the the aggression in the gaza strip and the violence that's uh a daily occurrence there in the occupied west bank, what one thing is absolutely for sure is that the uh gravity of the sc situation is unprecedented, the situation is extremely grim, as i think you just mentioned, we've seen a fall in the palestinian economic activity of something like 80% in the last quarter, we have seen a total fall off in the work permits that would be available for gazam work. is uh in the in israel and uh we are seeing that on the west bank uh uh palestinian workers are no longer uh bein

oliver boy barret, welcome to economic divide. taking a look at the i guess warning that was issued by the world bank on the dire state of the palestinian economy, also on the gaza strip, both are not doing well, there isn't much hope for recuperation at this point, wondering how long this is going to take, because the onslot as we speak is still continuing, and uh, what do you think about the future of the occupied west bank given the fact that you have the the aggression? in the gaza strip and the violence that's uh a daily occurrence there in the occupied west bank? one thing is absolutely for sure is that the uh gravity of the situation uh is unprecedented uh the situation is extremely uh grim uh as i think you just mentioned we've seen a fall uh in the palestinian economic activity of something like 80%. uh in the last quarter, we have seen a total fall off in the uh work permits that would be available for gazan workers in the in israel, and we are seeing that on the west bank palestinian workers are no longer being allowed to work on the on the settlement. and on other construct