September 06, 2002 • Page Image 49
…zdo..;#"%16\ Akt imposed long curfews on Palestinian cities to curb terrorist movements. On the Israeli side, investments dried up, gross domestic product per capita fell by 6 percent over a two-year peri- od, fewer than 400,000 tourists visited in the first half of 2002 and unemploy- ment was rapidly reaching.record levels of more than 10 percent. The govern- ment introduced a number of austerity programs, but failed to reinvigorate the econ...…

















































