By Ali Sawafta

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan outlines a blueprint for Palestinian statehood, but in the West Bank – where this vision would be realised – the economic prospects for a viable state are being strangled.

Transport corridors used by business have been fragmented by a network of Israeli settlements, employees of Palestinian institutions have not been paid as Israel blocks transfers of tax revenues, and the vital pillar of remittances from workers heading to Israel has all but dried up since the Gaza war began.

“We think twice before spending one shekel,” Rami Harfoosh said as his 13-year-old son, who wonders if he will ever attend university, looked on. He has not been able to afford to buy a replacement for his son’s hearing aid

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