The Palestinian economy shrank 35% due to the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, Prime Minister Mohammed Mustafa confirmed while chairing the twenty-fifth meeting of the Advisory Council for Official Statistics at the headquarters of the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics in the city of Ramallah, in the central West Bank.
Reviewing what the Palestinian economy is incurring as a result of the ongoing aggression, Mustafa stressed that the financial blockade is part of Israel's plan to eliminate the Palestinian national project and destroy the elements of an independent state, as Israel continues to deduct monthly from Palestinian tax revenues under the pretext of paying the allowances of the Gaza Strip, martyrs and detainees. The Prime Minister reviewed the government's efforts towards the Gaza Strip, the financial and economic situation, and the National Program for Development and Development.
