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Hundreds of Palestinians, many of them unemployed, marched for their rights and dignity on May Day in the Gaza Strip. Marchers aimed to raise awareness of the wretched conditions of workers – and those without employment – in the coastal enclave.

Nearly 80 percent of families in the Gaza Strip are dependent on social assistance, while a staggering 70 percent of them still fall below the poverty line, according to recently released research by the General Federation of Trade Unions. Gaza's unemployment, the highest in the world, stands at 60 percent, soaring from 44 percent in 2014.
http://www.alternativenews.org/english/index.php/news/1366-gazans-march-for-rights-dignity

Palestinians mark May Day amid high unemployment and harsh working conditions

As the world marks International Workers’ Day (May Day), laborers in the Palestinian territory continue to suffer from soaring unemployment, poverty, and other dire working conditions.

The average unemployment rate in the Palestinian territory was 26 percent in 2015: in the occupied West Bank, unemployment stood at 17 percent, compared to a staggering 41 percent in the besieged Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS). Trade unions in the Gaza Strip estimate unemployment there has reached 60 percent.
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771359