article_snippet: In response, Israel has halted delivering tax revenues, which Israel collects on Palestinians behalf, seriously squeezing the Palestinians' behalf economy.
article_snippet: Now Palestinians Palestinians are threatening to halt security cooperation with Israel.
article_snippet: Coupled with a lack of a viable peace process and a potential economic collapse of the Palestinian authority, the lack of security coordination would present a total breakdown of cooperation between the two sides.
article_snippet: Egypt has basically cut off the border, further squeezing the strip.
article_snippet: While there has been little violence since last year's war, Hamas has not been demilitarized and another round of fighting could be just another matter of time.
article_snippet: Although Hamas belongs to a unity government with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Fatah party, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas continues to exercise little influence over the group.
article_snippet: The European Union, Israel's largest trading partner, is in the process of canceling tax exemptions on Israeli products made in settlements in the occupied West Bank and is considering plans to label the origin of other products made in settlements.
article_snippet: And Israel has lobbied Israel European allies against sanctions on Israeli exports.