The infrastructure, already handicapped by decades of Israeli occupation, had been subject to systemic destruction, while the permanent siege of the Palestinian areas had had a dramatic impact on poverty and unemployment.
由于以色列几十年的占领已经残缺不全的基础结构又遭到有计划的破坏，而对巴勒斯坦地区的长久围困则使贫困和失业情况更是雪上加霜。