A new Israeli report which will be officially unveiled Wednesday is going to say that the Palestinians economy, after decades of occupation is too weak for them to become an independent state.
The report will say that the Palestinian economy is too unstable and “depends on construction projects” financed by foreign aid which would make it unable to survive as a functioning independent nation.
Absent, at least by all indications, is that a lot of that construction is an effort to rebuild the ruins of Palestinian cities after several Israeli military strikes. The Gaza Strip in particular has been destroyed in large measure by Israeli attacks, and Hamas movement leader Khaled Meshal today accused Israel of using Gaza as a “guinea pig” for testing air-to-surface missiles.
It isn’t clear at any rate why independence would be dependent on having a pre-existing strong economy. A number of nations that have become independent after a protracted military occupation have had a considerable economic rebuilding period, and while Palestine is surely in rough condition at this point, it seems no worse off than 1993 Eritrea or 2011 South Sudan.
"They who have put out the people's eyes, reproach them of their blindness" John Milton
Economy in Warsow Ghetto was also very bad, why??
Having a 30' wall enclosing this ghetto(manned with machine guns) uprooting olive trees, killing sheep and attacking aid ships(confiscating cargo) couldn;'t have anything to do with a "weak" economy would it?
Is this some sort of sick joke? Who, pray tell, was responsible for said weakness all these years, eh?
The report sounds like a bad joke from some Catskill's comic's schtick.
And why is that, Israel?
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"" A new Israeli report which will be officially unveiled Wednesday is going to say that the Palestinians economy, after decades of occupation is too weak for them to become an independent state. ""
Who might be at fault for that? Since you recognize the problem, will you offer assistance to rebuild what you've bombed and bulldozed for decades? Will you remove settlers from their illegal housing blocks and turn those settlements over to the Palestinians?
If in an unoccupied Palestine, the other countries of the world donated as much money as they have to Israel over the past 50 years, that area would thrive as well. One can't help but notice on traveling throughout Israel that the majority of buildings of note have been paid for by outside parties. The diaspora have made the lives of many Israellis cushy by their donations. The Israelis didn't earn it. The same could be had for the Palestinians except for the occupation they are subject to.
Isn't this like Dr. Mengele saying: "I'm sorry, the patient is too sick to move. He must stay with me for a few more days."
If the billions of aid poured into these disputed territories over the years had been spent on the economy and not been squandered on weapons and lined corrupt Palestinian officials pockets and had the emphasis been working with Israel rather than attacking it at every opportunity, the West Bank and Gaza would today be thriving.
Hatred and the determination to have all or nothing is doing no favours to the inhabitants of this very sad area of the world. Pragmatism and compromise are the ONLY methods to resolve this mess, develop the economy of the Palestinians and fulfil their dream of an independent state. Neither side will win absolutely. How many generations are to suffer before the reality of putting the past in the past is accepted and all people's in the region will move on? The truth is economic and pragmatic reality is too easily ignored in favour of vengeance and an unattainable objective i.e. the destruction of Israel as a Jewish State. This target notwithstanding the decade and no matter what the cost in human life and misery is the deplorable true enemy. The economy? Just watch it flourish in a situation of peace. It's there for the taking, but alas, when the pawn is so easily misled by those it sees as its mentors, the chance of peace and the subsequent development of the economy is as equally unachievable as Israel's demise.
As Porter Waggoner used to sing, "Don't worry about the mule, just load the wagon". Likewise, Israel, "don't worry about the Palestinian economy, just get the hell out of the way" . I also hope the world remembers how the Israelis raised sold commercial flowers in the Gaza when they occupied it, and then when the Palestinians got Gaza back and tried to raise commercial flowers also, the cruel Israelis would not let the Palestinians load their flowers onto commercial air freight. The flowers rotted at the border while the Israelis laughed at the Palestinians' loss. Oh Israel, what a load of crap you are!
"Palestinian economy too weak for independence"….
Like Israel cares about the standard of living of Palestinians. But I have an idea. How about we switch the 3 billion a year in "foreign aid" from Israel to Palestine?
No sh*t Sherlock! Who prey tell has made the economy of Palestine weak if not Isreal's occupation, land theft and economic choke? Now, if the Palestinian economy by some divine miracle were strong, then, the excuse would be that…well, the economy is too strong and they would spin all kinds of scenarios as to why that is detrimental to Isreal's victimhood status.