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Even so, supermarket prices for many staple products have rocketed this year.

The cost of fertiliser has rocketed, too - partly because of trade disputes with Canada, which has raised the cost of potash, a salt imported from Canada by American farmers and used in fertiliser.

"The demand for temporary accommodation has certainly rocketed after the pandemic and homelessness has continued to increase."

But tensions have also rocketed in the West Bank, with increased Israeli settler attacks and military operations which Israel says are aimed at Palestinian militants.

"I thought the world was going to end. I heard five rockets, and I ran away. Many people were running. Normally nothing happens here."