Palestinians discuss financial crisis

International funding for the Palestinian Authority was abruptly halted after a Hamas-led government came to power.

Israel has withheld payments of Palestinian tax revenues collected for the PA. The European Union and the United States both stopped direct aid for the PA, promising to restore it if Hamas agreed to renounce violence and recognise Israel.

The BBC News website asked six

Palestinians to describe how life had changed since the financial squeeze began.

S Abdelwahed Gaza "Gaza is collapsing... no-one is buying anything but food" Kholoud Ramallah "Cutting aid punishes the Palestinian people" Mohammed Fayyd Gaza "President Abu Mazen may have to intervene"

Heba Rahman Nablus "Drugs in the hospital where I work won't last" Sudqui Ghani West Bank "In reality we have been let down by everyone" Sameer Amro East Jerusalem "Humanitarian support should be unconditional"