41.   The Palestinian Labor Ministry on Thursday criticized the prolonged Israeli security closure of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

42.   The Palestinians have complained that Israel has not lifted its security closure of the Palestinian areas and withdrawn troops from trouble spots.

43.   The Palestinian economy has suffered in recent years as a result of prolonged Israeli security closures that keep tens of thousands of workers from jobs in Israel.

44.   The Palestinians complained that Israel did not present a timetable for easing its crippling security closure of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

45.   The Palestinian Authority has eased an embargo on Israeli products that was imposed during the summer in retaliation for stifling Israeli security closures, the trade minister said Wednesday.

46.   The Palestinians said Israel did not commit to specific steps, such as easing a security closure on the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

47.   The situation has rapidly deteriorated since Israel placed a security closure on the West Bank and Gaza Strip, in part to prevent attacks by Palestinian militants.

48.   They slipped into Israel, reportedly in a stolen car with Israeli plates, despite a strict security closure of the West Bank and of Jenin in particular.

49.   This is the second major Muslim holiday disrupted by security closures since conflict broke out in September.

50.   Unemployment rose and per capita income fell, in part because of Israeli security closures imposed in response to Hamas terror attacks.