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become part of the routine for many laborers, students, and other commuters who need to pass through to get to their destination for the day. Tawil-Souri notes that it is an “anthropological space”, meaning that it is invested with “incarnate conciseness” present in the world, a space where people exist (Tawil-Souri 2011:14). It is a social and economic space given form, function and significance by the individuals in and around it (Ibid:12). Although Checkpoints are not formal places they are acting as important spaces through the significance they have in Palestinian’s lives through routine of mobility and socioeconomic interactions. A nonplace is interstitial, without identifiable character, and is formed by the quality that it enables …show more content…

Mobility and control over mobility reflect and reinforce relations of power. An effect of immobility is a stunt on economic development because of the control over imports and exports to the West Bank. In the next section I will discuss the effects that Checkpoints and closures have had on the formal economy of Palestinians, and how they have resisted Israeli forces though informal economies surrounding the Checkpoints. Palestinians have adapted and changed their routines in order to combat the attempt to isolate and segregate the people from themselves and the Israeli citizens surrounding …show more content…

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development attribute the economic regression to the loss of Palestinian land and resources. The isolation from global markets and participating in the formal globalized economy is adding to the regression in trade and lack of economic growth. “The movement of Palestinian people and goods in the West Bank in 2010 was obstructed by the presence of over 500 obstacles and Checkpoints. Palestinian exports to Israel, which account for about 90% of total opt exports, decreased by 30% from 2008-2009 and has yet to recoup. Restrictions on the movement of people and goods to/from/within the West Bank and Gaza have fostered small-scale cost inefficiencies and technological decline and have blocked the emergence of an export sector capable of substantial contributions to economic development. Prohibitive transaction costs, long waiting times, and damage to goods at crossing points undermine existing Palestinian businesses and discourage potential investment” (Ibid:

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