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Srouji noted that the unemployment rate in east Jerusalem is very high and the Israeli government’s latest decision will affect mainly the Arab travel agencies as they work with the Indonesian tourists the most. Minimally, Israel will lose the fees collected for visas and boarding passes for fifty-thousand travelers. For some agencies, the Indonesian market is their bread and butter. Wisam Toumeh, the owner of Gemm travel agency in east Jerusalem confirmed that more than eleven travel agencies there are living off of Indonesian tourism. "We do tourism, not politics. They have no right to play with our livelihoods, our businesses," he said, urging the Israeli government to take responsibility for its decision that will impact negatively on so many people—mainly Arabs. "We approached all of the governmental departments that have to do with the decision and they wouldn’t even talk to us," related Toumeh, who is demanding that the government reverse its decision immediately. "My loss will be more than one-half million US dollars.” The east Jerusalem travel-related businesses—including agencies, bus companies, hotels and freelancers—have called an urgent media event for Sunday to “address their suffering.” According to the event organizers, it will stress how the tiff between Israel and Indonesia will affect the already poor economy in east Jerusalem, increase the unemployment rate even more and destroy established businesses as well as families. There are no diplomatic relations between Israel and Indonesia, but the two countries maintain good economic ties.
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