Editing Israeli–Palestinian conflict (section)

=== Israel's West Bank barrier ===
[[File:Holy Land 2022 (1) P473 Bethlehem barrier.jpg|thumb|The barrier between Israel and Palestine]]

With the construction of the [[separation barrier]], the Israeli state promised free movement across regions. However, border closures, curfews, and checkpoints has significantly restricted Palestinian movement.<ref name="Stein book">{{cite book |last=Stein |first=Rebecca |title=Itineraries in Conflict |date=2008 |publisher=[[Duke University Press]] |location=Durham |page=9}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Hammad |first=Suzanne Hassan |title=Emplaced Resistances in Occupied Palestine: Stories of a Village, Its People, and Their Land |date=2023 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-78661-204-5 |pages=20–72 |language=English}}</ref> In 2012, there were 99 fixed check points and 310 flying checkpoints.<ref>{{cite book |last=Davis |first=Rochelle |title=Palestine and the Palestinians in the 21st century |date=2013 |publisher=[[Indiana University Press]] |location=Indianapolis}}</ref>{{page needed|date=June 2024}} The border restrictions impacted the imports and exports in Palestine and weakened the industrial and agricultural sectors because of the constant Israeli control in the West Bank and Gaza.<ref name="Palestine recovery plan">{{cite news |agency=[[Agence France-Presse]] |title=Palestinian Economic Recovery Plan Takes Shape |url=http://www.thenational.ae/news/world/middle-east/palestinian-economic-recovery-plan-takes-shape |access-date=14 April 2014 |newspaper=[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]] |date=12 July 2013 |archive-date=28 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628161555/http://www.thenational.ae/news/world/middle-east/palestinian-economic-recovery-plan-takes-shape |url-status=live}}</ref> In order for the Palestinian economy to be prosperous, the restrictions on Palestinian land must be removed.<ref name="National Land Bans" /> According to ''[[The Guardian]]'' and a report for [[World Bank]], the Palestinian economy lost $3.4bn (%35 of the annual GDP) to Israeli restrictions in the West Bank alone.<ref name="Guardian Blog">{{cite news |last=Chalabi |first=Mona |title=How Does Palestine's Economy Work?|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2013/oct/14/palestine-economy-how-does-it-work |access-date=30 April 2014 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=14 October 2013 |archive-date=12 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512225531/http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2013/oct/14/palestine-economy-how-does-it-work |url-status=live}}</ref>