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Podcast: Beyond the Headlines
Episode: The compounded suffering caused by Gaza’s ‘manufactured’ cash crisis
Description: Israel has imposed a strict blockade on Gaza since March leaving 2.2 million Palestinians in the strip with practically nothing. Food, medicine and water are extremely scarce with only trickles of aid entering every now and then. There’s barely anything to buy in the market.Â
But in the middle of all this, there’s another crisis: cash.Â
Banks have closed because of the war. ATMs have been destroyed. No new notes have been injected into the strip since 2023, with Israel suspending the Palestinian Monetary Authority from making any cash transfers to Gaza. The same old notes...