87% of those goods went to Israel.
In contrast, "only" 54% of Palestinian imports come from Israel; that used to be much higher.
Now, let's imagine if Israel did what the BDS movement wants to see - and shut off all imports and exports to the territories.
The impact on Israelis would be minimal, since Palestinian trade accounts for less than 1% of all Israeli imports and exports.
The impact on the Palestinians would be immediate and drastic.
The impact on the Palestinians would be immediate and drastic.
Which proves yet again that the BDSers don't care about Palestinian welfare. They are willing to fight Israel down to the last Palestinian, and that includes forcing them into poverty - while they themselves use Israeli products and technologies every hour of every day.
