Palestinian areas will be thrown into an economic depression if Israel withholds tax revenues and other countries withhold aid, a new World Bank study says. The Palestinian economy would shrink by 27 percent in 2006 and unemployment would double to nearly 40 percent, according to the study, which was obtained by The New York Times.
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