Since Oct. 7, Palestinians from Gaza and the West Bank have been barred from working in Israel. Tens of thousands in the West Bank who were doing building or agricultural jobs are out of work, and it’s drastically impacting their daily lives and the lives of many shopkeepers as people tighten their belts. Rebecca Rosman takes us to a small village just outside the West Bank city of Ramallah where people are struggling to get by.
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