6 months into war, Palestinians face high unemployment and a 'disastrous' economy
EIN 'ARIK, West Bank — On a cloudy Sunday in late March, Amani Zeita busied herself in the kitchen, preparing a meal for her family of six to break fast at sundown, still a few hours away.
Her youngest, Sally Zeita, 3, hovered by her legs as Amani cut up meat, washed dishes and pulled ingredients from the kitchen pantry.
That pantry is looking a little more bare these days. It has Amani and her mother-in-law, Rahmeh Zeita, concerned.
"We only buy basic food: oil, rice, sugar," Amani said through a translator. "Before, we would buy one kilo of meat. Now, we buy half a kilo of meat."
It was the middle of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan when NPR visited Amani at her home in Ein 'Arik, a village in the West Bank that's about 4 miles west of Ramallah.
This holiday is usually a happy time sharedmore solemn this year for so many reasons, Amani and Rahmeh said.
