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...2, Israel’s leading news station.
It’s not just real estate that serves a measure of economic success. Israel avoided the debt traps that dragged the U.S. and Europe into recess...
...e improved security and other efforts by reformist Prime Minister Salam Fayyad have resulted in a West Bank economic growth rate of 8.5 percent.
Religious and education reforms have started...
By Hussein Ibish, Middle East Political and Economic Institute 16.08.2010
Although, a very strong international consensus has emerged, over the past two decades, that the only practica
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With the security situation in the West Bank improving, Benjamin Netanyahu promoted the idea of an “economic peace” with the Palestinians during the last Israeli parliamentary election i...
... generations, and next to her a non-militarized, independent Palestinian state which will be territorially, economically and politically sustainable’.”
“Large set...
...thering of exiles and building a society that enjoys sovereignty, a Jewish majority, national security, and economic and social strength. As these elements are more important than historical territory...
...mpany, despite the fact that it would have created thousands of jobs and a much-needed jolt for Palestinian economic development, both of which are patently in Israel's interests.
This zero...
...srael today, they would be astonished at what they saw -- a country that’s vibrant, that is growing economically at a extraordinary pace, that has overcome not just security challenges but al...
...d the regional balance of power.
Israeli policy assumed that the blockade of Gaza would create economic and psychological pressure on the Palestinian public and achieve three goals - free...
...l, the two-state solution will cease to be an option.
Mr. Sam Bahour briefed the group about the economic situation in the Palestinian Territories and how it is affected by the occupation. ...
...ernment believes in peace. We impose security everywhere. So people felt secure and with security, and then economic development started coming, taking place. And then we started convincing people in ...
...eace, and have a direct influence on stability in all levels of society: social, educational, political and economic.
Saleem al-Hindi from GI Palestine, spoke about the basic requirements t...
...le.
There are two things this government did which I supported. One was to introduce a so-called economic peace, namely to be able to develop the West Bank in plain terms. That's a novelty....
...id, are working to stop attacks on Israel and have made "substantial improvements in law and order and economic development" in the West Bank. The Arab League has also endorsed the indirect ...
...not come up with a single example of a Palestinian doing so. The reasons for this are social, cultural, and economic. There is also anecdotal evidence of discrimination, indicating that Israelis prefe...
...- and institution-building programme. Palestinians are working to build the institutional, infrastructural, economic and administrative framework of their state in spite of the occupation, in order to...
...g to a recent survey conducted by the Dahaf Institute on behalf of the the Center for Middle East Peace and Economic Cooperation, directed by Danny Abraham. In the meantime, the two sides are still fi...
18.
March 2010: Geneva Initiative paper summarizing findings from a number of polls taken during March 2010
(Polls/Joint Polls)
...ki)
71% of Israelis are worried by international calls to sanction Israel in different respects (economic; academic; cultural) as opposed to 23% who are not (New Wave Research Institute)
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...thusiasts will be short. The land will go up in flames, and the Palestinian Authority's little security and economic stability of recent years will disappear.
The Palestinians must work tow...
...ied by Jews for an equal amount of land from Israel for the Palestinians and then reap the benefits — economic and security — of ending the conflict.
Unfortunately, that is not ...
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Middle East Bulletin interview with Col. (Ret.) Shaul Arieli, GI Signatory
(News Room/Op Ed - 2010)
...cally be used as a permanent border as it still enables equal land swaps.
As part of your job with the Economic Cooperation Foundation, you regularly monitor the developments on the ground in the...
...about a 'viable Palestinian state', we mean it from at least three perspectives - geographic, political and economic," Nidal Foqaha, the Palestinian director of the Geneva Initiative explained.
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...ine.
From the Palestinian side, it is quite clear that future independent state would need close economic cooperation with Israel. How about the Israeli perspective?
It is in the interest...
... a non-governmental initiative that aims to create a 'viable Palestinian state'. What does 'viable' mean in economic and security terms?
When we speak about a 'viable Palestinian state' we mean it f...
...ian state in two years, which is the time he estimates is needed for the development of state institutions, economic reforms and a completion of the necessary training of Palestinian security forces t...
...ea of the Jewish quarter. Jubeh stressed that this hard reality in the Old City led to several social and economic problems.
On the internal front, Jibreel Rojoob, Fatah Central Committee...
...rnment, won international aid, investments and capital for the Palestinian Authority and contributed to its economic flourishing.
From Israel's perspective, Fayyad has remained true to the ...
...se like us they’re not interested in continuing to invest in a process—not only financially and economically but also politically and even morally—if they did not really get sense of...
... to return to the region in the coming days, and hopes for quick development on the political, security and economic fronts.
Mitchell expressed hope that a Palestinian state would be able t...
...a excesses over the Israeli average in security, infrastructure and education. Once more the diplomatic and economic folly inherent in their very existence has been underlined.
Most of the ...
...or the first time they understand there is no other option. Netanyahu was speaking about security peace and economic peace, and for the first time he said the words.
And I know the percepti...
...g.
However, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not only an objective conflict about borders and economic development. At the deepest level, this conflict, like so many others, has a bedroc...
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45 Kadima, Likud and Labor activists attend evening discussion at GI offices
(Events/Local Activities - 2009)
On Monday, December 21, GI Signatory, Col. (Res.) Shaul Arieli addressed GI's political leadership course at the GI offic
...ansparent and accountable systems of governance, particularly in the financial arena. Despite the worldwide economic crisis, the West Bank expects to see double-digit annual growth by the end of the f...
...o him that his policy rely on an extensive worldview, and he has written books presenting his political and economic viewpoints. It is, therefore, worthwhile listening to what Netanyahu has been sayin...
... to our goal of achieving a peaceful Palestinian state alongside a secure Israel, we must pursue political, economic and security tracks simultaneously and in integrated fashion. It is critical to mat...
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MEB interview with Tony Blair, Quartet Representative and former British Prime Minister
(News Room/Op Ed - 2009)
...gime. Moreover, trade between Israel and the West Bank has increased significantly, producing a significant economic bounce to the West Bank.
My team has helped to organize two significant investmen...
...kpoints in the West Bank. But they can do more to ease movement and market access for West Bank businesses. Economic development is a cheaper option than Israeli troops.
Fayyad's biggest su...
...the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside Israel, with both states enjoying peaceful relations and economic cooperation with one another.
I do not believe that Abu Mazen will change his min...
...ded in the tour you realize the extent to which any agreement reached will have to respect the security and economic needs of both sides".
Dr. Weitzman's full report in Hebrew can be accessed on ...
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November poll: Majority of Palestinians supports peace negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis
(Polls/Palestinian Polls)
... favor of the presidential and parliamentary elections in January 2010; and wide-spread conviction that the economic situation in the West Bank has improved under the government of Salam Fayyad.  ...
42.
Middle East Bulletin interview with GI Signatory and former IDF Chief of Staff, Amnon Lipkin Shahak
(News Room/Op Ed - 2009)
...Undoubtedly, he also promoted additional agendas that defined his worldview, including minimizing the socio-economic gaps between Arabs and Jews in Israel, investing massively in education, allocating...
...rochement with Israel, thereby causing heavy damage on both sides, while others would reverse the wheels of economic progress in the PA, back to the dark ages of backroom licenses and commissions. A c...
...on of the International Court of Justice."
"These measures separate families, limit Palestinian economic development and make it difficult for residents of the West Bank to access speciali...
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GI Director General at J Street's Conference in Washington DC
(Events/International Activities - 2009)
... 600 activists and 150 members of the press attended the event.
In various panels, geopolitical, economic and social aspects of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as well as potential solutio...
...nian share. The new division will be based on international law and factors such as hydrology, human needs, economic circumstance and availability of alternate supply.
What's missing? The issue of r...
...er an atmosphere conducive to achieving the necessary concessions for such an agreement. The institutional, economic, security and legal mechanisms needed to implement the agreement would also need to...
..., the goal of establishing a Palestinian state. His government has expressed a keen interest in Palestinian economic and institutional development. By proposing precisely economic and institutional de...
... will place the burden of proof on their heads.
Indeed, the development of democratic political, economic and social programs that the Fayad plan calls for will empower the people and offer...
... of civil society as well as governmental and non-governmental figures.
Abed Rabbo obtained a B.A. in economics and political science from the American University in Cairo. ...
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