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Now, many people depend on the internet for work, shopping, and receiving payments.

But for Palestinians, the problem is not whether there is a digital economy; it is that they are often unable to get into it.

The report found that many Palestinians face serious difficulties with digital payments, selling goods online, and remote work.

For example, people in the West Bank and Gaza cannot properly use some international payment services, so freelancers and businesses have a hard time getting paid. They have to use middlemen and pay extra fees.

Internet access is also unequal.

Israel has faster 4G and 5G networks, but many Palestinian areas have long had only slower internet.

In Gaza, communication and power infrastructure has also been badly damaged, so in many places the internet is unstable and power cuts happen often.

Even so, many people still keep working hard.

Some people walk long distances to find internet so they can send projects and reply to clients, while others use solar power to charge their computers and phones.

For many young people, digital work is not just a job; it is also a hope for life.

Digital rights are not only the right to speak; they are also the right to work, do business, and take part fairly in modern economic life.