Original sentence: According to the CIA World Factbook, GDP in 2001 declined 35% to a per capita income of $625 a year, and 60% of the population is now below the poverty line.See also: History of the West Bank and Gaza Strip Terror.The Gaza strip has a rudimentary telephone services provided by an open wire system, two TV stations run by the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation (which is controlled by the Palestinian Authority), and no radio stations.This downturn has been variously attributed to corruption and mismanagement by Yasser Arafat and to Israeli closure policies - the imposition of generalized border closures in response to terror attacks in Israel - which disrupted previously established labor and commodity market relationships between Israel and the Strip
Edited sentence: According to the CIA World Factbook, GDP in 2001 declined 35% to $625/capita, and 60% of the population is now below the poverty line.Many Arafat apologists blame Israeli closure policies - the imposition of generalized border closures in response to terror attacks in Israel - which disrupted previously established labor and commodity market relationships between Israel and the Strip.See also: History of the West Bank and Gaza Strip Judea and Samaria Terror.The Gaza strip has a rudimentary telephone services provided by an open wire system, two PA-controlled TV stations run by the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation, and no radio stations.The downturn was largely the result of Arafat cheating his people in order to accrue a bank account worth over $1.3 Billion