Palestinian Authority

Money Moves

Financial crisis after Israel withheld customs revenues since May 2025

The World Food Programme halved its West Bank food aid in September, cutting recipients from 400,000 to 200,000 because of a funding shortfall. Displaced families, including that of 75-year-old widow Fawza Awad in Tulkarem, lost payments that had bought food for two or three people.

Updated Oct 26

Rule Changes

As of October 2026: Scheduled then postponed the November 2026 elections

Palestinians have not elected a parliament since 2006. Now they won't elect one in 2026 either — President Mahmoud Abbas has pushed the November 28 vote back to September 11, 2027, and set the long-delayed presidential election for the same day.

Updated Oct 12