Israel's grip on the Palestinian economy amounts to business as usual. Palestinians carry shekels in their pockets, and most of what they buy with the Israeli currency comes from Israel, which is said to account for at least 80% of foreign trade with the occupied territories. That is a dependence that goes unremarked until something [...](http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=globalspin.blogs.time.com&blog=19871253&post=12652&subd=timeglobalspin&ref=&feed=1)
Attribution: MSNBC, Time & Topix.