Geneva Initiative Annexes
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1. NYT Editorial: New Chance for Peace
(News Room/Op Ed - 2010)
...ars before arranging a peace conference in 2007 that had insufficient preparation and inadequate presidential investment. Mr. Obama made Middle East peace an early priority. He correctly sees the Isra...

2. The Real Palestinian Revolution
(News Room/Op Ed - 2010)
...he stock exchanges of most Arab countries,” said Samir Hulileh, the C.E.O. of Palestine Development and Investment, which owns the exchange. The P.S.E. was established in 1996 with 19 companies ...

3. The Ballgame and the Sideshow
(News Room/Op Ed - 2010)
... pioneered in the West Bank by Abbas and Fayyad is: “Judge me by how I perform — how I generate investment and employment, deliver services and pick up the garbage. First we build transp...

4. Proximity Talks Still On
(News Room/News - 2010)
...east nine activists.   On Wednesday, both Abbas and the US deputy treasurer spoke at the Palestinian Investment Conference, stressing the need for talks, while US special envoy to the Mideast...

5. The Visionary of the Palestinian State
(News Room/Op Ed - 2010)
...," improved and streamlined as best he could the Palestinian civilian government, won international aid, investments and capital for the Palestinian Authority and contributed to its economic flou...

...y, producing a significant economic bounce to the West Bank. My team has helped to organize two significant investment conferences in the West Bank, to show that despite the challenges, Palestine is...

...ash;Israel squanders people, money and other resources on maintenance of the conflict. There are barely any investments today in other fields in which Rabin worked to change their reality. Just rece...

... and agriculture. But no detailed prescriptions are included. "The government will work on encouraging investment in Palestine through offering tax cuts to local and foreign investors (and) wil...

9. Green Shoots in Palestine II
(News Room/Op Ed - 2009)
...improve a bit, thanks to a new virtuous cycle: improved Palestinian policing that has led to more Palestinian investment and trade that has led to the Israeli Army dismantling more checkpoints in the ...

Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) Date: 22.07.2009 Diaspora Jews should join Arabs in investing in the Palestinian economy, Benjamin Netanyahu told U.S. Jewish leaders. The Israeli prime minister list

11. Welcome to the Middle East, 2030
(News Room/Op Ed - 2009)
...repreneurial middle class, and Iraq and Iran have oil. Stability and open borders will make possible waves of investment in infrastructure, property and services. Growth will be dragged down, though, ...

12. One Piece of a Larger Puzzle
(News Room/News - 2009)
... resulting from checkpoint and border delays and political violence. Along with partners from the Middle East Investment Initiative (MEII), U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), USAID a...

...about 11 percent. Another related priority is related to the improvement of the economic climate to encourage investment at 10 percent. The sixth most important priority is to bring about more social ...

14. Israel Removes West Bank Checkpoints
(News Room/News - 2009)
...tch told The Media Line. Judeh Jamal, general manager of the Holyland Company for Agriculture Marketing and Investment in the northern Jordan Valley, said his trucks were able to move produce around...

15. Olmert's Unprecedented Offer
(News Room/Op Ed - 2009)
...in the city's custodianship would not only establish a presence for the Arab League, but invite further Saudi investment in Jerusalem tourism, which will be Palestine's leading "export" sect...

16. Israel annexing East Jerusalem, says EU
(News Room/News - 2009)
...s of its housing policy as "a disinformation campaign". "Mayor Nir Barkat continues to promote investments in infrastructure, construction and education in East Jerusalem, while at the ...

...mpower women, improve governance, encourage microenterprise, and rein in unnecessary military expenditures so investments can be made in education, child nutrition and health care. In 2008, we’v...

... viability of a Palestinian state. But the current financial crisis may lead donor governments to re-evaluate investment in what's perceived as a futile process. Mr. Mitchell's experience in brokeri...

...ange, rising food prices and declining levels of foreign trade. "A reduction in foreign assistance and investment would be disastrous for badly needed economic growth," he said. "I ca...

...at trip to Gaza. But while arguments such as these have merit, the benefits of peace are worth every penny of investment. In addition, Saudi Arabia and other supporters of the initiative can step in t...

21. Samir Abdallah
(figures/palestinian Figures behind the Geneva Initiative)
...n 1996, Abdallah joined the private sector and was appointed general manager of the Palestinian Arab Bank for Investment, established by the Arab Bank and the International Financing Commission, the i...

22. The Palestine Investment Conference
(News Room/Op Ed - 2008)
...cle. To read the full analysis, click here. Perhaps the greatest achievement of last week’s Palestine Investment Conference was not the announcement that $1.4 billion would be invested in the ...

...ivered their presentations with professionalism on an international scale. On Thursday afternoon, the foreign investment deals that were signed passed the $1 billion mark. However, even before one job...

24. Mideast Peace Prospects
(News Room/Op Ed - 2008)
...d to pay salaries and other daily expenses and to formulate meaningful plans for the economy. Beyond this, investment in Palestine is an essential element to building the prosperity necessary for p...

... from insight into the nature and type of near- and long-term infrastructure projects most worthy of resource investment. It is, thus, squarely in the U.S. interest to appoint the most capable possibl...

26. Approach the Israelis
(News Room/Op Ed - 2008)
...aeli society today (as well as among Palestinians) in relation to the peace process. By showing Israelis that investment in peace with the Palestinians would have enormous dividends, Arab leaders coul...

...pected. International conferences are to be held in London, Berlin, Bethlehem and perhaps Moscow to draw more investment into the Palestinian economy and shore up security. The next two months are ...

28. Implementing the Annapolis declaration
(News Room/Op Ed - 2008)
...national involvement, aspects of a UN Security Council resolution that recognizes the new agreement, economic investments, transfer of international institutions to the two Jerusalem capitals, etc. ...

...fidence that the occupation will eventually be lifted." Blair has taken on several advisory roles with investment banks alongside his Mideast activity.   ...

30. Down Payment on Mideast Peace
(News Room/Op Ed - 2007)
...eeded just to keep Mr. Abbas’s government solvent. What the Palestinian economy really needs is private investment to reanimate commerce and revive trade with the world. That can only happen onc...

31. From Payer To Player In The Middle East
(News Room/Op Ed - 2007)
...Between 1995 and 1999, it spent roughly 3.4 billion euros ($4.9 billion) in the region, to which the European Investment Bank added a further 4.8 billion euros in loans. From 2000 to 2006, Europe spen...

32. Peace virus is back
(News Room/Op Ed - 2007)
...ling each other. Just don’t talk to us about joining the European Union, or invite tourists, or ask for investments. If a Kadima-Labor government and an Abbas-Fayyad government are unable to rea...

33. A new opening for Mideast peace
(News Room/Op Ed - 2007)
... the administration is inadequate to this task, as most of it was already promised and thus represents no new investment. True economic opportunity is essential in order to fully realize the Abrahamic...

34. Checklist for a Peace Pact
(News Room/Op Ed - 2007)
...s. • A "Marshall Plan" for economic reconstruction of the Gaza Strip based on private-sector investments in industry and tourism. The plan would take advantage of Gaza's educated, dil...

35. Diplomatic surge on Mideast peace
(News Room/News - 2007)
... see this as an opportune moment to show that peace can produce results, and comes with benefits like foreign investment and social stability. Hamas's surprise ability to seize Gaza raises concerns...

36. No festival needed
(News Room/Op Ed - 2007)
...the Israeli factories are disappearing from the industrial zone of Irbid and there are hardly any new Israeli investments. Egypt is contending with tremendous economic problems, an unemployment rate o...

37. How to stop Hamas
(News Room/Op Ed - 2007)
...atives from the Palestinian private sector, and from international elements to establish industrial zones and investments in the West Bank. It is necessary to increase significantly the number of Pale...

38. Could Hamastan be a Step to Peace?
(News Room/Op Ed - 2007)
...d Gaza, dependent on humanitarian aid. Abbas's West Bank would get freed Palestinian tax money, international investment and trade, prisoner releases, VIP cards to ease movement for politicians and bu...

...so squeamish about condoms in the future). And above all, work with Europe to promote incentives for business investment in Africa, modeled after the African Growth and Opportunity Act program. The be...

...and effective Palestinian Authority and to engender international confidence and secure international aid and investment. - Work with Israelis and the international community to guarantee access to ...

...dy is providing to the Palestinians. But even if the U.S. picked up the entire bill, it would be an excellent investment for the future. What can bring about a change in U.S. policy to take such a ...

42. Analysis: Full plate for Bush, Olmert
(News Room/Op Ed - 2006)
...tions regime on Damascus: limitations on travel to Saudi Arabia, financial penalties, a drastic drop in Saudi investment in Syria and other measures. Washington is also unhappy with Damascus, to sa...

43. Send the Baker Commission to Gaza
(News Room/Op Ed - 2006)
...lliances necessary to attempt progress on Iraq and Iran can even be constructed without such reengagement and investment of political capital. Unfortunately, however, the administration has wandere...

44. It was us who 'told you so'
(News Room/Op Ed - 2006)
...The earmarking of tens of billions of shekels to the settlements on the one hand, and the loss of billions in investments and income from the international community on the other hand, are Israel's ec...

45. A responsability to make peace
(News Room/Op Ed - 2006)
...ing education, health and other social services, and promoting good governance; when stability invites inward investment and participation in global markets, bolstering economic opportunity and growth...

46. Ehud Olmert Interview: June 6 2006
(News Room/Op Ed - 2006)
...as very helpful in providing a ruling about the tax policy with regard to this deal, it is not the only major investment that we have recently. It was exceptional because Warren Buffett never inves...

47. The Keys to the Plan
(News Room/Op Ed - 2006)
...ements beyond the fence, there is no moral justification for diverting taxpayer funds to pointless additional investment in these areas. The 2007 budget must reflect all of this, both in terms of ab...

...unilaterally, a top figure in his party said this week. Mr. Olmert himself announced he would stop decades of investment in infrastructure for settlements. Those promises reflect a change not only in ...

49. Interview with Alistair Crook
(News Room/Op Ed - 2006)
...Rights" When you observe the details of Hamas' plans, as mentioned by Crooke, you can expect a massive investment in internal reforms; buildup of a solid, efficient and equal justice system, el...

...the re-opening of a Palestinian airport.  The components of this breakthrough will dramatically increase investment in Gaza by the private sector as well as financial assistance from donor countr...

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