Palestinian officials encourage competition among banks - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Ahmad Abu Amer

Ahmad Abu Amer

Aug 30, 2019

Palestinian employees queue outside a cash machine outside the Bank of Palestine as they wait to withdraw their salaries, in Gaza City, Gaza, April 9, 2018. — MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images

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A boy holds a picture of female Palestinian prisoner Israa Jabees during a rally calling on Israel to release her, in the West Bank city of Hebron January 16, 2018. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma - RC19BF2EB890

Israel seeks to cut off funds for families of prisoners

Aziza Nofal

Ride-sharing app forced off road in West Bank

Mohammed Othman

Mohammed Othman

A traveller waits for his luggage at the Allenby Bridge Crossing July 9, 2009. Israel said on Wednesday it would allow the crossing between the occupied West Bank and Jordan to remain open 24 hours a day to help the Palestinian economy. The Israeli-controlled terminal leading to the Allenby Bridge across the Jordan River is the West Bank's only land link to the Arab world. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK POLITICS) - RTR25HFS

PA upset as 'VIP' travelers breeze over Allenby Bridge

Ahmad Melhem

In Ramallah, reporting on politics

A Palestinian employee paid by the Palestinian Authority shows money to the camera after withdrawing cash from an ATM machine outside a bank, in Gaza City June 11, 2014. Gaza's public sector union suspended protests on Wednesday that had paralysed the local economy and threatened the deal on a Palestinian unity government but said it would resume its action if its members were not promptly paid. The pay dispute involving some 40,000 public servants erupted last week shortly after Hamas, which has ruled Gaza

Abbas lifts Gaza tax exemption, threatening further economic woes

Moath al-Amoudi

Moath al-Amoudi