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Eric Weiner Reports On The Troubled Economy Of The Gaza Strip

. Various estimates say unemployment is somewhere from 40 to 70 percent. Many Palestinians blame new Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and the closing of the borders between Israel, the West Bank and Gaza for the economic problems.

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