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Stickers mark Israeli goods at a grocery store in Ramallah. (Photo by Jessica Devaney/Just Vision)

Bringing the boycott back home: Palestinian stores drop Israeli goods

Amid the Gaza war this summer, Palestinian store owners in the West Bank began removing Israeli products from their shelves. The campaign also aims to educate Palestinian consumers to buy local. By Yael Marom and Jessica Devaney The call for boycotting Israeli products and services has been gaining momentum across the West Bank in recent…

By +972 Magazine September 3, 2014

Palestinian youth working under precarious conditions, under the minimum wage on plantations in the Jewish settlement of Ma'ale Efrayim, Jordan Valley, March 21st, 2009. (Photo: Keren Manor/Activestills.org)

What’s behind Israel’s biggest economic boom? The occupation

The period of Israel’s history that by far saw the largest economic growth, more than any other, was the six years following the Six Day War. And what agricultural, industrial, or hi-tech breakthroughs took place around 1967-1973? None worthy of mention. More than any other single factor, it was the establishment of the Occupation-Settlement Enterprise.…

By Haokets October 28, 2013