The Palestine Economic Update - August 2025 is out now.
Key Messages :
Settlers have targeted key water infrastructure near Ramallah, while Israel curbs supply across the West Bank and blocks infrastructure development, fuelling a recurring and manufactured water crisis.
The PA’s limited security jurisdiction hinders its ability to curb water theft, yet Israel still deducts the cost of stolen and lost water from Palestinian revenues.
Restricted hours, pre-booking chaos, and black-market ticketing cause chronic congestion at King Hussein Bridge, while Israel withholds growing passenger fee revenues, totalling around ILS 1bn by 2025.
The PCMA’s draft Insurance Law aims to overhaul the flawed regulatory framework through risk-based supervision, takafful regulation, a liquidation fund, and stronger consumer protections.
Photo: A group of Israeli settlers destroyed Thursday, 10 August 2023, drinking water system in Kisan village, east of occupied Bethlehem. Source Days of Palestine.
