The Palestinian territories are home to hundreds of tech startups.
Driving the news:The Palestinian territories are home to hundreds of tech startups, some backed by VCs, and also to scores of outsourced tech workers .But the bulk of it is in Ramallah and other parts of the occupied West Bank that so far have beenWest Bank founders and tech workers tell Axios that while many grammar schools and stores are open, and basic infrastructure remains operational, most of their work is being done from home.
Primary roads between many West Bank cities have been closed. So have the checkpoints into Israel, which are normally used by hundreds of thousands of Palestinian workers.ends but, even then in terms of trust, communication and interactions, things might take much more time and effort," he says. "I have never seen these levels of hate. What Hamas did was awful and a tragedy, but the damage is way further than the killings or hostages," Alshawamreh adds. "They took us a big step back and severed the hope that many people had within them."
Iliana Montauk, a former Gaza resident and CEO of tech talent marketplace Manara, notes that people either have been forced to evacuate or are "hunkering down and staying home."Dalia Awad , who left her Gaza City neighborhood and says she's now is staying at her uncle's home — communicating either via solar cells he installed or via slow "street internet" connections that are accessed via cards that can be purchased at local stores.There is optimism that things will get better. But dread that they'll first get worse.Share on linkedin
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