Nearly 1 million Gazans to need food aid in 2014 - U.N.:
The main reason for the increase in the number of needy families was Egypt's closure in recent months of smuggling tunnels under its border into the enclave which has deprived thousands of people of jobs and halted construction projects, he said. Ref. Source 8
Palestine to have its national currency, own central bank
ALGIERS- Palestinian Authority will have its own currency and a central bank as soon as the hindrances to those projects are removed, the governor of the Palestinian monetary authority, Jihad El Wazir, said Sunday in Algiers. During a conference organized by the Bank of Algeria on his country's experience in"¦ Ref. Source 5
Although I support the idea how valuable will be that money considering the massive limitations the people have there to conduct business?
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PayPal Serves Illegal Israeli Settlers But Won't Let Palestinians Open Accounts:
'Without access to PayPal, Palestinian entrepreneurs, nonprofits, and others face routine difficulties in receiving payments for business and charitable purposes,' Ref. Source 6h.