After more than five decades of occupation, Palestine suffers from a hollowed-out labor market with major deficits in protection and rights. These conditions under colonialism exacerbated the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. The result has been devastating for Palestinian workers and their families. Economic contraction and business shutdowns have hit women hardest. As in most countries worldwide, the detrimental consequences of COVID-19 and lockdown have been particularly severe for women. Rural Palestinian women face exacerbation of the care crisis, economic precariousness and increasing poverty, lack of access to goods and essential services, limited mobility and increased gender-based violence. The impacts on Palestinian women include particular difficulties in accessing health care, an increase in unpaid labor and care of family members, greater vulnerability in the labor market, and greater risk of economic hardship. The 11 percent of Palestinian women that are the main providers for their households have been particularly impacted.