Palestine Economic Update
Palestine Economic Update - July 2025
author: Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute - MAS
year: 2025
Key Messages :
- The humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza has reached unprecedented levels, with over two hundred thousand killed, injured, maimed and orphaned, hundreds of thousands traumatised, as hunger pushes one in five people to the brink of famine. Over 147 people, including 88 children, died from starvation.
- Israel continues to block essential aid and shelter materials, weaponizing humanitarian relief to enforce displacement and turning food distribution points into Israeli free-fire zones, as Gaza’s health, agricultural, and sanitation systems have collapsed.
- Israel continues to withhold clearance revenue transfers designated for May and June, pushing the PA further into a deeper fiscal and liquidity crisis. As the PA struggles to secure sufficient funding, it announced cuts to operations, limiting service delivery in critical sectors.
- In a study day to assess competing post-war reconstruction plans for Palestine, homegrown spatial and reconstruction plans, as well as the political agendas behind international frameworks rooted in “disaster capitalism,” were highlighted.