Original sentence: The European Community (later European Union) became an important economic contributor towards the nascent Palestinian Authority.These problems were noticed and widely criticized, in international forums.particularly in the United Nations, but also for the European Community and the United States as well as the Arab states - which during the 1980s were concentrated on the Iran–Iraq War
Edited sentence: After the Oslo accords, an independent Palestinian entity at sometime in the future seemed relatively certain.Prior to the first Intifada, it was doubtful whether there would ever be a Palestinian state.The Bank of Israel estimated it cost the country $650 million in lost exports, largely through successful Palestinian boycotts and the creation of local micro industries.The European Community (later European Union) became an important economic contributor towards the nascent Palestinian Authority, and American aid and support of Israel became more conditional than it was previously at least in appearance.The Intifada also dealt a heavy economic blow to Israel.The conflict succeeded in putting the Palestinian question back on the international agenda, particularly in the United Nations, but also for the European Community and the United States as well as the Arab states - which during the 1980s were concentrated on the Iran–Iraq War.The fact that 159 Palestinian children below the age of 16 were killed (many of them shot while throwing stones at IDF soldiers) was especially alarming for international observers.These problems were noticed and widely criticized, both in international forums (in particular, when humanitarian questions were at stake), but also in Israeli public opinion, in which the Intifada had caused a split