 Unlike some other West Bank localities , unemployment is a minor issue in Jifna . However , the average income is low because of the unstable political situation in the Palestinian territories , Israeli checkpoints , the West Bank barrier and the 2006 freezing by Israel of funds to the Palestinian territories — although the latter no longer applies to the West Bank . 
 Unlike some other West Bank localities , unemployment <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>is</mark></a>a minor issue in Jifna . However , the average income <a href='drop_aux' title='2'><mark>is</mark></a>low because of the unstable political situation in the Palestinian territories , Israeli checkpoints , the West Bank barrier and the 2006 freezing by Israel of funds to the Palestinian territories — although the latter no longer <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>applies</mark></a> to the West Bank . 
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