507,000 unemployed Palestinians in the West Bank, union reports – Middle East Monitor

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have been left with no income over the past 17 months, while thousands of others have lost their lives trying to earn a living in the occupied territories, the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions said yesterday.

In a message ahead of International Workers’ Day, which falls today, Secretary-General of the union, Shaher Saad, warned of a dramatic rise in unemployment across Palestinian society, reporting that the…