Palestine Economic Update
Palestine Economic Update - October 2025
author: Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute - MAS
year: 2025
Key Messages :
- A ceasefire has ended two years of Israeli war that inflicted immense human suffering and left Gaza’s economy, infrastructure and services in ruins, with aid still restricted and reconstruction needs estimated at around $70bn.
- The West Bank remains a flashpoint, as Israeli demolition of Palestinian economic establishments there escalates, destroying key markets, farms and infrastructure and inflicting millions in losses that further erode livelihoods.
- The 2025 harvest season saw the weakest cyclical olive crop yield in sixteen years, in addition to settler violence, land destruction and access restrictions, while other agricultural activities remain constrained by Israeli closures, market distortions and weak value-chain infrastructure.