Economic Means of Adaptations for Palestinian Refugees During ‎Al-Aqsa Intifada (A Comparative Study)‎

Economic Means of Adaptations for Palestinian Refugees During ‎Al-Aqsa Intifada (A Comparative Study)‎

Mahmoud Abu-Alrub

abualrub@yahoo.com

Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics & Administrative Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine

Received : 24-07-2004 , Accepted : 20-02-2005

Language: Arabic

Abstract

The study aimed to identifying the means that enable the Palestinian refugees in the West-Bank and Gaza-Strip to over come the deteriorating economic situation, and the low standard of living during the Al-Aqsa intifada. To achieve that, the study was conducted on a sample of 637 persons, which represented %1 of the total refugees, astrarified random sample used to collect the data. The study reveals that the Israeli military and economic blockades have seven economic impacts on the lifes of the Palestinian refugees. However, the refugees mange to adapt themselves to the new economic situation by many ways such as: the exhaustion of savings, the spending on basic needs, the postponement of the payment of water and electricity bills, the financial borrowing from family and relatives, working over times, the intensification of agriculture and home-economy, and the use of children in the laber –market. In the light of the finding the researchers put forward a number of recommendation such as conncting reliefe with developments.

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