Small business owners in Gaza grapple with mounting debts and no means of income, after their enterprises were destroyed in the escalation with Israel last May.

Phil Weiss has a wide-ranging conversation with Palestinian businessman Sam Bahour about Palestinian politics in the wake of the May 2021 Unity Intifada, and alternatives to the two-state solution.

Layla Kaiksow and Reema AbuShaheen explain no amount of investment dollars can change the painful Israeli-made facts on the ground for Palestinian manufacturers and entrepreneurs. “Economic development without statehood has gotten us to this point, and that point is nowhere.”