Following up on William Burns' comment, it's important to note the recent reports by the UN, as described in this BBC article:

The UN study, carried out by the World Food Programme (WFP), talks of a "marked decline" in living standards.

It says that by the end of last year more than 80% of Gazans and 60% of West Bankers were reducing their daily expenditures.

The report warns that rising levels of unemployment and poverty are posing acute challenges to "food security" - a family's ability to provide itself with enough to eat.

The study talks of "economic suffocation" and says that Israeli security restrictions in the occupied West Bank and around Gaza are fragmenting the Palestinian economy.

Sectors like fishing and farming are being ruined.

Although the report does not refer to them, the past 12 months have also seen international economic sanctions on the Hamas-led Palestinian government.

I know you think Hamas is evil personified, so perhaps you can explain why Israel would choose to drive Palestinian youth into the arms of Hamas by the draconian measures imposed on Palestinian society. It clear that the longer those measures are in place, the greater the appeal of Hamas.

I voted against a recommendation for your blog post, because you selectively quoted the article you referenced, neglecting to mention the reasons for the phenomena, which are a result of the Occupation and the sanctions applied to all of Palestinian society, in order to punish Hamas.

Here are the first two paragraphs of the article:

As families struggle with spiralling violence and crippling poverty in the West Bank and Gaza, a growing number are using a new tactic to feed and shelter their children: sending them to an Israeli jail. Hundreds of parents are encouraging their offspring to get arrested for petty crimes, such as carrying a knife or verbal harassment, because life in jail is seen as better than life at home.

Children go willingly into Israeli custody because prison provides them a temporary escape from the endless boredom and harsh violence of life in the occupied territories.

And here's the last paragraph:

After a year of debilitating sanctions against the Hamas-led Government, unemployment in the occupied territories has reached an all-time high. A prisoner’s stipend exceeds the salary of many Palestinians.[emphasis mine]

Know your enemy well, for in the end that is who you become. ~~Old Chinese Proverb