Editing Israeli–Palestinian conflict (section)

=== Agricultural rights ===
{{See also|Economy of the State of Palestine#Israeli–Palestinian relations}}
The conflict has been about land since its inception.<ref name="100 years of war">{{cite book |last=Gelvin|first=James L.|title=The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: 100 Years of War|date=2005|publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=New York}}</ref> When [[Israel]] became a state after the war in 1948, 77% of Palestine's land was used for the creation on the state.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20231011-from-1947-to-2023-retracing-the-complex-and-tragic-israeli-palestinian-conflict |title=From 1947 to 2023: Retracing the complex, tragic Israeli-Palestinian conflict |date=11 October 2023 |access-date=15 November 2023 |archive-date=15 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115131259/https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20231011-from-1947-to-2023-retracing-the-complex-and-tragic-israeli-palestinian-conflict |url-status=live }}</ref> The majority of those living in Palestine at the time became refugees in other countries and this first land crisis became the root of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.<ref name="Nakba book">{{cite book |last1=Sa'id |first1=Ahmad |last2=Abu-Lughod |first2=Lila |title=Nakba: Palestine, 1948, and the Claims of Memory |date=2007 |publisher=[[Columbia University Press]] |location=New York |isbn= |page=}}</ref>{{page needed|date=June 2024}} Because the root of the conflict is with land, the disputes between Israel and Palestine are well-manifested in the agriculture of Palestine.

In Palestine, agriculture is a mainstay in the economy. The production of agricultural goods supports the population's sustenance needs and fuels Palestine's export economy.<ref name="CERP Memo" /> According to the Council for European Palestinian Relations, the agricultural sector formally employs 13.4% of the population and informally employs 90% of the population.<ref name="CERP Memo">{{cite news |title=Agriculture in Palestine: a post-Oslo Analysis |url=http://thecepr.org/images/stories/pdf/memo%20agriculture.pdf |access-date=24 April 2014 |date=2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904044734/http://thecepr.org/images/stories/pdf/memo%20agriculture.pdf |archive-date=4 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Over the past 10 years{{when|date=November 2022}}, unemployment rates in Palestine have increased and the agricultural sector became the most impoverished sector in Palestine. Unemployment rates peaked in 2008 when they reached 41% in Gaza.<ref name="Unemployment and economic sectors">{{cite book |title=Coping with Conflict: Poverty and Inclusion in the West Bank and Gaza |pages=37–61 |chapter-url=http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTMENA/Resources/Poverty_and_Inclusion_in_the_West_Bank_and_Gaza_Chapter3.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916065202/http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTMENA/Resources/Poverty_and_Inclusion_in_the_West_Bank_and_Gaza_Chapter3.pdf |archive-date=16 September 2012 |url-status=live |access-date=28 April 2014 |chapter=Poverty and the Labor Market: A Sheer Lack of Jobs?}}</ref>

Palestinian agriculture suffers from numerous problems including Israeli military and civilian attacks on farms and farmers, blockades to exportation of produce and importation of necessary inputs, widespread confiscation of land for nature reserves as well as military and settler use, confiscation and destruction of wells, and physical barriers within the West Bank.<ref name="National Land Bans">{{cite news |title=Palestinians lose billions to Israeli land bans, says World Bank report |url=http://www.thenational.ae/world/middle-east/palestinians-lose-billions-to-israeli-land-bans-says-world-bank-report |access-date=13 April 2014 |newspaper=[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]] |date=8 October 2013 |archive-date=28 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628163419/http://www.thenational.ae/world/middle-east/palestinians-lose-billions-to-israeli-land-bans-says-world-bank-report |url-status=live}}</ref>