Rebuilding the Palestinian economy is critical to our goal to establish an independent Palestinian state.
This requires the lifting of the burden of restrictions and sanctions imposed by the occupation regime on
the Palestinian economy. These include closures, military checkpoints, and other arbitrary measures
which fragment the Palestinian territory and impede movement of people and goods; the Separation Wall
which deprives our economy of essential resources, including land and water; complete isolation of the
Gaza Strip; isolation of Jerusalem; continuing settlement activity; and the general suffocation of
economic activity. Restrictions imposed by the occupation regime are the major obstacle stalling
Palestinian national efforts to initiate an economic recovery that will lay the ground for sustainable
economic and social development.