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Source: http://www.middleeastwire.com:8080/storypage.jsp?id=15791
Impact of the Security Fence on the Palestinian Economy
(Jerusalem Times/MiddleEastWire.com) - The fence, aimed at preventing suicide bombers and car bombers from entering Israel, will also stop thousands of Palestinians from working in Israel, representatives of donor countries and the UN said. However, Professor Gerald Steinberg of Bar-Ilan University believes, “The economic impact of the fence is marginal since the number of workers has fallen dramatically in the past 10 years.” He said the remittances of tens of thousands of Palestinian workers living in Israel illegally was much more important to the Palestinian economy than the earnings of a few thousand entering and leaving on a daily or weekly basis.