The inner questioning of whether one can ever climb out of the hole of wanting and trying to gain some measure of financial stability, health, fulfilling relationships, inner peace, joy and a meaning for life is pervasive in the population.
Most precariously of all, Jenin's stability depends on the continued payment of government salaries just when a hole in Mr Fayyad's finances is widening.
When a Eurozone country is in dire fiscal straits or breaks the stability pact (Germany and France like to flout its rules), fines just make the fiscal hole deeper.