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The latest market, economy, central-bank, policy and company stories from Palestine, updated every 15 minutes. Last updated 19 October 2026.

Palestine investor snapshot

GDP growth (2025)4.3%Fast growth.
Inflation (2025)9.8%High inflation: money loses value quickly.
Unemployment (2022)24.4%High: many people can’t find work.
GDP per person (2025)$3,171Average output per person: a rough measure of how wealthy a country is.
Current account (2025)-15.8% of GDPDeficit: spends more abroad than it earns, so it relies on foreign money.
Exports (2025)21.2% of GDPDriven mostly by its home market.

Latest official annual figures from World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0). Context, not a forecast or financial advice.

Latest stories

Markets

Precios disparados y bolsillos vacĆ­os en los mercados de Gaza tras el corte de mercancĆ­as

Source: ABC Color
Policy & Geopolitics

Gaza funeral bid farewell to 75 dead under rubble of Israel's war

Hundreds of Palestinians attended a funeral Sunday for 75 people, including women and children, whose remains were recently recovered from beneath the rubble of Gaza City homes des...

Source: DAILYSABAH
Policy & Geopolitics

Gaza Family Reunion: Finding each other after the ā€˜ceasefire’

Separated by war for more than a year, a captain in Gaza’s Civil Defence unit attempts to reunite with his family.

Source: Al Jazeera English
Policy & Geopolitics

ā€˜I cannot carry all of this alone’: the couples kept apart by the war in Gaza

Families have been scattered, fathers separated from their children, and couples unable to reunite and marry Wijdan Abu Matar, 43, was forced to leave Gaza in November 2023 with her eight children for medical treatment, while her injured husband, Hatem, remained behind.

Source: The Guardian
Policy & Geopolitics

Election delay 'a terrible disappointment', Palestinian activist Samer Sinijlawi says

In an interview with FRANCE 24, Palestinian activist Samer Sinijlawi called the postponement of the first legislative elections in 20 years to September 2027 "a terrible disappointment" for a generation that has never had a chance to vote.

Source: France 24
Policy & Geopolitics

Gaza rejects truck taxes, urges Israel to allow 600 daily deliveries

Gaza's Government Media Office on Thursday rejected allegations that it imposes taxes or fees on commercial trucks entering the enclave, accusing Israel of using the claims to just...

Source: DAILYSABAH
Policy & Geopolitics

War cuts off 800,000 in Taiz, diesel shortages to extend into 2027 and Gaza committee signs development deal

Source: The National
Policy & Geopolitics

'Hope so heavy to carry': Al-Shaer on harrowing plight, emotional toll, struggle to survive in Gaza

Eve Irvine is pleased to welcome Palestinian writer and poet Mahmoud Al-Shaer, ā€œAm I real, or just a number in this war?ā€ In I Am Still Alive: Dispatches from Gaza, Palestinian writer Mahmoud Al-Shaer explores how war transforms memory, childhood and the meaning of existence.

Source: France 24
Policy & Geopolitics

Palestine weekly: Gaza marks year of ā€˜ceasefire’ with more Israeli killing

A year after Gaza's ceasefire, Israeli attacks persist as settler violence disrupts West Bank's oil harvest.

Source: Al Jazeera English
Policy & Geopolitics

ā€˜Who will represent us?’ Palestinians react to election delay

Palestinians have reacted to President Mahmoud Abbas’ decision to postpone the Palestinian legislative elections.

Source: Al Jazeera English
Policy & Geopolitics

Palestinian factions to meet in Egypt for reconciliation talks after election postponed

Source: The National
Policy & Geopolitics

How genocidal war on Gaza is shaping Israel’s election

Israel’s election signals not a demand for change, but deeper entrenchment of the jingoism unleashed after October 7.

Source: Al Jazeera English
Policy & Geopolitics

Global pro-Palestinian protests one year after Gaza ā€˜ceasefire’

Pro-Palestinian demonstrations have been held worldwide to mark one year since the so-called Gaza ā€˜ceasefire'.

Source: Al Jazeera English
Policy & Geopolitics

Palestinian president postpones elections until late 2027

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas previously committed to holding legislative elections in November 2026. He said that due to "obstacles ⁠posed by Israeli measures" the vote would be pushed back until late next year.

Source: Deutsche Welle
Policy & Geopolitics

Palestinians still being killed in Gaza, one year into ā€˜ceasefire’

One year to the day after the US-brokered ceasefire was agreed, more Israeli attacks killed Palestinians in Gaza.

Source: Al Jazeera English
Policy & Geopolitics

Abbas postpones Palestinian elections, sets presidential poll for September 2027

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday postponed legislative elections due next month until September 11, ​2027, and called ā€Œa presidential poll for the same date, blaming Israel and the security situation in the Palestinian territories for the ⁠delay.

Source: France 24
Policy & Geopolitics

Abbas postpones Palestinian elections, sets presidential poll for September 2027

Source: Investing.com
Policy & Geopolitics

Palestinian leader Abbas postpones elections to September 2027

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday postponed legislative elections due next month until September 11, 2027, and called a presidential poll for the same date, blaming Israel and ā€Œthe security situation in the Palestinian territories for the delay.

Source: South China Morning Post
Policy & Geopolitics

Abbas postpones Palestinian elections

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday postponed legislative elections due next month until September 11, 2027 and called a presidential poll for the same date, blaming Israel and the security situation in the Palestinian territories for the delay.

Source: Cyprus Mail
Policy & Geopolitics

Abbas postpones Palestinian legislative elections to September 2027

November 2026 vote delayed; joint presidential and legislative elections set for next year, president says in decree.

Source: Al Jazeera English
Policy & Geopolitics

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas postpones elections to September 2027

Source: The National
Policy & Geopolitics

šŸ”“ Palestinian president Abbas postpones legislative elections, sets presidential poll for September 2027

Source: France 24
Policy & Geopolitics

What has Trump’s Board of Peace achieved in a year since Gaza ā€˜ceasefire’?

Analysts say board has 'failed' in its attempts to secure lasting peace in Gaza.

Source: Al Jazeera English
Policy & Geopolitics

A year after the ā€˜ceasefire’, Gaza’s healthcare is still collapsing

Continuing attacks, restrictions on medical aid and delayed evacuations are still killing Palestinians.

Source: Al Jazeera English
Policy & Geopolitics

A year of ceasefire in Gaza through the lens of NPR's reporter

It has been one year since Hamas released the remaining Israeli hostages and President Trump promised an end to the war, but Palestinians say the past 12 months have been a ceasefire in name only.

Source: NPR
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