UN envoy warns PA could collapse from pandemic economic backlash

Published: 14 April 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Nickolay Mladenov says Israel has ‘critical responsibility’ to keep Palestinian economy afloat; Abbas launches phone call blitz to prevent Israeli annexation in West Bank

Coronavirus ‘extremely dangerous’ for Palestinian areas, UN envoy warns (Times of Israel)
Mladenov worried about socioeconomic consequences pandemic may have on West Bank and Gaza, says Israel has ‘critical responsibility’ to keep Palestinian economy afloat

Mladenov: PA could collapse from COVID-19 economic backlash (Jerusalem Post)
Concern regarding the potential financial collapse of the PA predates the pandemic, but the virus has intensified the situation as donor funding has dropped

Abbas in phone call blitz to prevent Israeli annexation in West Bank (Times of Israel)
Palestinian Authority president talks with leaders of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar about divisive element of Trump peace plan

Photo: Members of Islamic Jihad’s armed wing, the Al-Quds Brigades, spray disinfectant in the streets of Rafah on March 26 (Said Khatib/AFP)