This is an unofficial transcript of Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech of June 14, 2009 at Bar Ilan Univerasity, produced by The Israel Project
Honored guests, citizens of Israel.
Peace was always the desire of our people. Our prophets had a vision of peace, we greet each other with peace, our prayers end with the word peace. This evening we are in the center named for two leaders who were groundbreakers for peace -Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat - and we share their vision. Two and a half months ago, I was sworn in at the Knesset as the Prime Minister of Israel. I promised that I would establish a unity government, and did so. I believed, and still believe, that we need unity now more than ever before.
We are currently facing three tremendous challenges: The Iranian threat, the financial crisis, and the promotion of peace.
The Iranian threat still is before us in full force, as it became quite clear yesterday. The greatest danger to Israel, to the Middle East, and to all of humanity, is the encounter between extremist Islam and nuclear weapons. I discussed this with President Obama on my visit to Washington, and will be discussing it next week on my visit with European leaders. I have been working tirelessly for many years to form an international front against Iran arming itself with nuclear armaments.
With the world financial crisis, we acted immediately to bring about stability to the Israeli economy. We passed a two-year budget in the government and will pass it through the Knesset very soon.
The second challenge, rather, the third, so very important challenge, facing us today, is promoting peace. I discussed this also with President Obama. I strongly support the idea of regional peace that he is advancing. I share the President of the USA’s desire to bring about a new era of reconciliation in our region.
I discussed this in my meetings with President Mubarak in Egypt and with King Abdullah in Jordan to obtain the assistance of these leaders in the effort to expand the circle of peace in our region.
I appeal tonight to the leaders of the Arab countries and say: Let us meet. Let us talk about peace. Let us make peace. I am willing to meet at any time, at any place, in Damascus, in Riyadh, in Beirut, and in Jerusalem as well. (Applause)
I call upon the leaders of the Arab countries to join together with the Palestinians and with us to promote economic peace. Economic peace is not a substitute for peace, but it is a very important component in achieving it. Together we can advance projects that can overcome the problems facing our region. For example, water desalinization. And we can utilize the advantages of our region, such as maximizing the use of solar energy, or utilizing its geographical advantages to lay pipelines, pipelines to Africa and Europe
Together we can realize the initiatives that I see in the Persian Gulf, which amaze the entire world, and also amaze me. I call upon the talented entrepreneurs of the Arab world, to come and invest here, to assist the Palestinians and us, to give the economy a jump-start. Together we can develop industrial zones, we can create thousands of jobs, and foster tourism that will draw millions, people who want to walk in the footsteps of history, in Nazareth and Bethlehem, in the heights of Jericho and on the walls of Jerusalem, on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, and at the baptismal site of the Jordan. There is a huge potential for the development of tourism potential here. If you only agree to work together.
I appeal to you, our Palestinian neighbors, and to the leadership of the Palestinian Authority. Let us begin peace negotiations immediately without prior conditions. Israel is committed to international agreements, and expects all sides to fulfill their obligations.
I say to the Palestinians: We want to live with you in peace, quiet, and good neighborly relations. We want our children and your children to ‘know war no more.’
We do not want parents and wives, sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, to know the sorrow of bereavement. We want our children to dream of a better future for humankind. We want us and our neighbors to devote our efforts to ‘plowshares and pruning hooks’ and not to ‘swords and spears…’ I know the terror of war, I participated in battles, I lost good friends who fell [in battle], I lost a brother. I saw the pain of bereaved families from up close – very many times. I do not want war. No one in Israel wants war. (Applause)
Let us join hands and work together in peace, together with our neighbors. There is no limit to the flourishing growth that we can achieve for both peoples - in the economy, in agriculture, in commerce, tourism, education - but, above all, in the ability to give our younger generation hope to live in a place that’s good to live in, a life of creative work, a peaceful life with much of interest, with opportunity and hope.
Friends, with the advantages of peace so clear, so obvious, we must ask ourselves why is peace still so far from us, even though our hands are extended for peace? Why has the conflict going on for over 60 years? To bring an end to it, there must be a sincere, genuine answer to the question: what is the root of the conflict? In his speech at the Zionist Congress in Basel, in speaking of his grand vision of a Jewish homeland for the Jewish People, Theodor Herzl, the visionary of the State of Israel, said: This is so big, we must talk about it only in the simplest words possible.
I now am asking that when we speak of the huge challenge of peace, we must use the simplest words possible, using person to person terms. Even with our eyes on the horizon, we must have our feet on the ground, firmly rooted in truth. The simple truth is that the root of the conflict has been – and remains - the refusal to recognize the right of the Jewish People to its own state in its historical homeland.
In 1947 when the United Nations proposed the Partition Plan for a Jewish state and an Arab state, the entire Arab world rejected the proposal, while the Jewish community accepted it with great rejoicing and dancing. The Arabs refused any Jewish state whatsoever, with any borders whatsoever.
Whoever thinks that the continued hostility to Israel is a result of our forces in Judea, Samaria and Gaza is confusing cause and effect. The attacks on us began in the 1920s, became an overall attack in 1948 when the state was declared, continued in the 1950s with the fedaayyin attacks, and reached their climax in 1967 on the eve of the Six-Day War, with the attempt to strangle Israel. All this happened nearly 50 years before a single Israeli soldier went into Judea and Samaria.
To our joy, Egypt and Jordan left this circle of hostility. They signed peace agreements with us which ended their hostility to Israel. It brought about peace.
To our deep regret, this is not happening with the Palestinians. The closer we get to a peace agreement with them, the more they are distancing themselves from peace. They raise new demands. They are not showing us that they want to end the conflict.
A great many people are telling us that withdrawal is the key to peace with the Palestinians. But the fact is that all our withdrawals were met by huge waves of suicide bombers.
We tried withdrawal by agreement, withdrawal without an agreement, we tried partial withdrawal and full withdrawal. In 2000, and once again last year, the government of Israel, based on good will, tried a nearly complete withdrawal, in exchange for the end of the conflict, and were twice refused.
We withdrew from the Gaza Strip to the last centimeter, we uprooted dozens of settlements and turned thousands of Israelis out of their homes. In exchange, what we received were missiles raining down on our cities, our towns and our children. The argument that withdrawal would bring peace closer did not stand up to the test of reality.
With Hamas in the south and Hizbullah in the north, they keep on saying that they want to ‘liberate’ Ashkelon in the south and Haifa and Tiberias.
Even the moderates among the Palestinians are not ready to say the most simplest things: The State of Israel is the national homeland of the Jewish People and will remain so. (Applause)
Friends, in order to achieve peace, we need courage and integrity on the part of the leaders of both sides. I am speaking today with courage and honesty. We need courage and sincerity not only on the Israeli side: we need the Palestinian leadership to rise and say, simply “We have had enough of this conflict. We recognize the right of the Jewish People to a state its own in this Land. We will live side by side in true peace.” I am looking forward to this moment.
We want them to say the simplest things, to our people and to their people. This will then open the door to solving other problems, no matter how difficult. The fundamental condition for ending the conflict is the public, binding and sincere Palestinian recognition of Israel as the national homeland of the Jewish People. (Applause)
For this to have practical meaning, we need a clear agreement to solve the Palestinian refugee problem outside of the borders of the State of Israel. For it is clear to all that the demand to settle the Palestinian refugees inside of Israel, contradicts the continued existence of the State of Israel as the state of the Jewish People. We must solve the problem of the Arab refugees. And I believe that it is possible to solve it. Because we have proven that we ourselves solved a similar problem. Tiny Israel took in the hundreds of thousands of Jewish refugees from Arab countries who were uprooted from their homes.
Therefore, justice and logic dictates that the problem of the Palestinian refugees must be solved outside the borders of the State of Israel. There is broad national agreement on this. (Applause)
I believe that with good will and international investment of we can solve this humanitarian problem once and for all.
Friends, up to now, I have been talking about the need for the Palestinians to ecognize our rights. Now I will talk about the need for us to recognize their rights.
The connection of the Jewish People to the Land has been in existence for more than 3,500 years. Judea and Samaria, the places where our forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob walked, our forefathers David, Solomon, Isaiah and Jeremiah – this is not a foreign land, this is the Land of our Forefathers. (Applause)
The right of the Jewish People to a state in the Land of Israel does not arise from the series of disasters that befell the Jewish People over 2,000 years -- persecutions, expulsions, pogroms, blood libels, murders, which reached its climax in the Holocaust, an unprecedented tragedy in the history of nations. There are those who say that without the Holocaust the State would not have been established, but I say that if the State of Israel had been established in time, the Holocaust would not have taken place. (Applause) The tragedies that arose from the Jewish People’s helplessness show very sharply that we need a protective state.
The right to establish our sovereign state here, in the Land of Israel, arises from one simple fact: Eretz Israel is the birthplace of the Jewish People. (Applause)
As the first PM David Ben Gurion in the declaration of the State, the State of Israel was established here in Eretz Israel, where the People of Israel created the Book of Books, and gave it to the world.
But, friends, we must state the whole truth here. The truth is that in the area of our homeland, in the heart of our Jewish Homeland, now lives a large population of Palestinians. We do not want to rule over them. We do not want to run their lives. We do not want to force our flag and our culture on them. In my vision of peace, there are two free peoples living side by side in this small land, with good neighborly relations and mutual respect, each with its flag, anthem and government, with neither one threatening its neighbor’s security and existence.
These two facts – our link to the Land of Israel, and the Palestinian population who live here, have created deep disagreements within Israeli society. But the truth is that we have much more unity than disagreement.
I came here tonight to talk about the agreement and security that are broad consensus within Israeli society. This is what guides our policy. This policy must take into account the international situation. We have to recognize international agreements but also principles important to the State of Israel. I spoke tonight about the first principle - recognition. Palestinians must truly recognize Israel as the state of the Jewish people. The second principle is demilitarization. Any area in Palestinian hands has to be demilitarization, with solid security measures. Without this condition, there is a real fear that there will be an armed Palestinian state which will become a terrorist base against Israel, as happened in Gaza. We do not want missiles on Petah Tikva, or Grads on the Ben-Gurion international airport. We want peace. (Applause)
And, to ensure peace we don’t want them to bring in missiles or rockets or have an army, or control of airspace, or make treaties with countries like Iran, or Hizbullah. There is broad agreement on this in Israel. We cannot be expected to agree to a Palestinian state without ensuring that it is demilitarized. This is crucial to the existence of Israel – we must provide for our security needs.
This is why we are now asking our friends in the international community, headed by the USA, for what is necessary for our security, that in any peace agreement, the Palestinian area must be demilitarized. No army, no control of air space. Real effective measures to prevent arms coming in, not what’s going on now in Gaza. The Palestinians cannot make military treaties.
Without this, sooner or later, we will have another Hamastan. We can’t agree to this. Israel must govern its own fate and security. I told President Obama in Washington, if we get a guarantee of demilitarization, and if the Palestinians recognize Israel as the Jewish state, we are ready to agree to a real peace agreement, a demilitarized Palestinian state side by side with the Jewish state. (Applause)
Whenever we discuss a permanent arrangement, Israel needs defensible borders with Jerusalem remaining the united capital of Israel. (Applause)
The territorial issues will be discussed in a permanent agreement. Till then we have no intention to build new settlements or set aside land for new settlements. But there is a need to have people live normal lives and let mothers and fathers raise their children like everyone in the world. The settlers are not enemies of peace. They are our brothers and sisters. (Applause)
Friends, unity among us is, to my view, vital, and unity will help with reconciliation with our neighbors. Reconciliation must begin now. A strong Palestinian government will strengthen peace. If they truly want peace, and educate their children for peace and stop incitement, we for our part will make every effort, allow them freedom of movement and accessibility, making their lives easier and this will help bring peace.
But above all, they must decide: the Palestinians must decide between path of peace and path of Hamas. They must overcome Hamas. Israel will not sit down at conference table with terrorist who seek to destroy it. (Applause)
Hamas are not willing to even let the Red Cross visit our abducted soldier Gilad Shalit who has been in captivity three years, cut off from his family and his country. We want to bring him back whole and well.
With help of the international community, there is no reason why we can’t have peace. With help of USA, we can do we can do the unbelievable. In 61 years, with constant threats to our existence we have achieved so much. Our microchips power the worlds computers unbelievable, we have found cures for incurable diseases. Israeli drip irrigation waters barren lands throughout the world. Israeli researchers are making worldwide breakthroughs. If our neighbors only work for peace, we can achieve peace. (Applause)
I call upon Arab leaders and Palestinian leaders: Let’s go in the path of Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat, Yitzhak Rabin and King Hussein. Let’s go in the path of Prophet Isaiah, who spoke thousands of years ago, they shall beat their swords into plowshares and know war no more.
Let us know war no more. Let us know peace. (Applause)
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Israeli-Palestinian Economic Cooperation
The Israeli and Palestinian economies are closely interconnected. If both economies are independently stable, peace can be a reality. [1]
A 2009 Israeli government report to the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee proposes developing Palestinian infrastructure and creating jobs in conjunction with the removal of Israeli roadblocks in the West Bank to ease Palestinian movement without placing Israeli society at risk. [2]
"Economic development does not solve problems, it mitigates them and makes them more accessible for solution, and creates a stronger political base," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in 2008. [3] Netanyahu’s statement is based on the belief that Iran and its terrorist proxies overran Israel’s previous peace initiatives in the form of land withdrawals. The prime minister believes a Palestinian state is possible once the Palestinian economy is strengthened, thereby helping to prevent future Iranian influence in the Palestinian territories. [4]
There is already considerable trade between Israel and the Palestinian territories. A 2007 study by the Palestine International Business Forum (PIBF) states that Israel consumes 90 percent of Palestinian exports and is the source of 74 percent of Palestinian imports, showing a significant tie between Israel to the Palestinian economy. [5]
Another report details economic progress in the West Bank since early 2008. According to the report, economic cooperation and interaction between the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority has resulted in [6]:
• A 35 percent increase in trade between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA);
• A 24 percent increase in daily wages in the West Bank;
• Substantial growth in agricultural produce originating from the West Bank;
• An increase in banking sector profits.
There was also significant growth in the West Bank’s tourism industry and a 12.7 percent increase in the number of Palestinians employed by Israeli-owned businesses. [7]
These improvements in the Palestinian economy were not happenstance. Israel took specific steps in 2008 to ensure Palestinian economic growth:
• Eased access and movement by removing roadblocks and checkpoints; [8]
• Increased the number of Palestinians allowed to work in Israel; [9]
• Issued 81 percent more permissions for Palestinians who conduct a large volume of business and conduct business in Israel; [10]
• Supported a number of long-term development projects in the Palestinians towns of Jenin and Tarkumiya and an agro-industrial park in Jericho; [11]
• Built roads, sewage and housing in Ramallah and Nablus, built schools in Jilabun and Jenin, generating many new jobs; [12]
• Improved access to electricity by assisting with the launch of four electricity substations; this connected villages to electricity networks and constructing power grids in Palestinian villages; [13]
• Launched the Jenin Pilot Project, which seeks to strengthen the Palestinian Security Forces, improve the local economy and promote economic projects to improve daily life for Palestinians. [14]
Israel also works with Palestinian customs offices and has established an Israeli-Palestinian Chamber of Commerce and the Palestinian Israeli Business Forum. A joint economic committee between Israel’s Ministry of Finance and its Palestinian counterpart meets regularly to discuss issues such as Palestinian workers in Israel and the transfer of funds to Gaza. [15]
Other joint committees were created under the Oslo Accords and continue to foster cooperation between Israelis and Palestinians in different fields such as tourism, transportation, water, health, welfare and telecommunications, which have all met at least once in 2008. [16]
The PIBF study that dates back to 2007 projected that Israeli and Palestinian economic cooperation could result in $25 billion in exports and income profits, as well as the creation of a million jobs for both Israelis and Palestinians. [17]
The study also stated that the growth could only happen if the Palestinians build a stable economy and that, with economic interdependence, Israelis and Palestinians could not afford to wage war on each other.
Israel also has worked to develop understanding, networking and dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians through organizations such as MASHAV and People to People. [18]
Quotes on Economic Peace by PM Netanyahu
• “There is an important future for the Palestinian economy and the Palestinian-Israeli economic relationship. We intend to invest an enormous amount in this area. The faster it moves, the stronger the Palestinian economy becomes and the stronger the peace between our peoples becomes.” [19]
• “We must weave an economic peace alongside a political process. That means that we have to strengthen the moderate parts of the Palestinian economy by handing rapid growth in those areas, rapid economic growth that gives a stake for peace for the ordinary Palestinians." [20]
Palestinian Culture of Hate
Despite cooperation between the two sides, the Palestinian Authority and Iran-backed Hamas continue to promote a culture of hate that is widespread in Palestinian culture, particularly in Palestinian schools, Gaza’s Hamas-ruled Palestinian government and Palestinian media. For example:
• On May 5, the Palestinian newspaper Al-Ayyam reported that the PA named its new computer center after Dalal Mughrabi, a female terrorist who in 1978 killed 37 civilians—including 12 children—in a bus hijacking in Israel. American photographer Gail Rubin was among those killed in the attack. [21]
• In Palestinian classrooms, schoolchildren are taught that Israelis are the enemy and Palestinian TV regularly airs programs geared towards children that encourage them to kill Israelis and thus achieve martyrdom. [22]
• Hamas’s own charter calls for killing Jews. It states, “The time will not come until Muslims will fight the Jews (and kill them); until the Jews hide behind rocks and trees, which will cry: O Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, come on and kill him!” [23] “The indoctrination campaign must involve ulama, educators, teachers and information and media experts, as well as all intellectuals, especially the young people and the sheikhs of Islamic movements. It is [also] necessary to introduce essential changes in the curricula, in order to eliminate the influences of the intellectual invasion which were inflicted upon them by the Orientalists and the missionaries.” [24]
Just last month, Abbas rejected the idea of a Jewish state and recently met with Palestinian youth leaders where he held up a framed map of Palestine – clearly labeled in English - that covered all of Israel. “I say this clearly: I do not accept the Jewish State, call it what you will," Abbas said during the meeting in Ramallah. The photo of Abbas holding the map appeared on the front pages of both Palestinian Authority daily newspapers. [25]
Recent Palestinian Terrorist Activities in 2009
• June 8: Ten gunmen approach the Nahal Oz border crossing between Gaza and Israel, with a large quantity of explosives loaded on horses, seeking to infiltrate Israel’s border and kidnap IDF soldiers. The gunmen opened fire on an IDF force by the crossing, which returned fire, killing four militants. [26]
• May 22: Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) operatives open fire at IDF soldiers by the Kerem Shalom goods crossing along the Israel-Gaza border. The soldiers return fire and kill the terrorists. [27]
• May 22: An IED (Improvised Explosive Device), targeting an IDF patrol, explodes near the Karni crossing. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) claimed responsibility for the attack, although it did not result in any casualties. [28]
• May 19: Iran-backed Hamas fires a Qassam rocket, hitting a Sderot home. Two victims were treated for shock and the home was moderately damaged. [29]
• May 3: An Israeli soldier is stabbed in the neck and moderately injured when getting off a bus in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv. The Arab attacker fled the scene, but was caught the next day. [30]
• April 29: An IED device explodes by the Erez Crossing in the Gaza Strip. There were no casualties. Members of PIJ and the Fatah-affiliated Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claimed responsibility for the attack. [31]
• April 13: The Israeli Navy discovers an unmanned vessel off the coast of the Gaza Strip. Upon approaching the boat, it exploded but caused no damage. The navy suspected that hundreds of tons of explosives were aboard the boat and the target was a navy ship. [32]
• April 7: A resident of Jabal Mukaber in East Jerusalem tries to run over three policemen in Sur Baher (another neighborhood in East Jerusalem) with his vehicle. The policemen, who sustained minor injuries, shot and killed the terrorist. [33]
• April 4: Basma Awad al-Nabari, 15, opens fire on Israeli Border Police at the Shoket Junction in southern Israel. The police try to persuade al-Nabari to turn herself in, but fail. When she continues to shoot they return fire and kill her. [34]
• April 2: An axe-wielding terrorist enters the settlement of Bat Ayin in the West Bank and murders 16 year-old Shlomo Nativ, and attempts to murder a 7-year-old child. Another resident scuffles with the terrorist but he manages to flee the scene. [35]
• March 31: IDF soldiers discover four terrorists placing an IED near the Gaza Strip security fence. Two terrorists were killed in the ensuing gun battle and large quantities of explosives are found. [36]
• March 21: Police foil a terrorist attack in Haifa. A private vehicle wired with explosives is found outside the entrance of the Lev HaMifratz shopping mall. Approximately 100 pounds (45kg) of explosives are found in the vehicle. [37]
• March 7: An Israeli civilian sustains minor injuries when stones are thrown at him near the city of Hebron in the West Bank. [38]
• March 5: A Palestinian drives a bulldozer into a police patrol car in Jerusalem. The bulldozer crosses the intersection, plows into the car a number of times, overturning it, jamming the car against a street light and a bus on the other side of the street. A policeman sustains light injuries. [39]
• March 5: An anti-tank missile is fired at an IDF patrol on the Israeli side of the Gaza border security fence. [40]
• March 1: Nine rockets hit towns and communities in the Western Negev. One rocket hits a house in the city of Sderot. In a separate incident, an Israeli civilian sustains injuries when stones are thrown at his car, north of Ramallah. [41]
Experts for Comment
Israeli-Palestinian Economic Cooperation
Ofir Gendelman (Arabic and English)
CEO of the Israel-Palestinian Chamber of Commerce
Tel.: 972-3-609-9901
Cell: 972-54-254-5800
Website: http://ipcc.org.il
Dan Catarivas
Director of Foreign Trade and International Relations for the Manufacturers Association of Israel
Tel.: 972-3-519-8814
E-mail: trade@industry.org.il
Website: http://www.industry.org.il/Eng/
U.S.-Israel Relations, Diplomacy
Zalman Shoval
Former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S., former member of Knesset
Tel.: Assistant, Tammi: 972-3-517-3310
Israeli Security
Yehuda Ben-Meir
Former deputy minister of foreign affairs; former member of Knesset;
Principal Research Fellow and Director of the National Security and Public Opinion Project at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv; author of “National Security Decision making: The Israeli Case”
Tel.: 972-3-640-0400 ext. 469
Tel.: 972-50-380-8849
E-mail: benmeir@inss.org.il
Daniel Diker
Director of Institute for Contemporary Affairs at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs; serves as Knesset Affairs correspondent for Israel Broadcasting Authority’s English news.
Field: Contemporary Middle Eastern affairs, Internal Palestinian conflict in Gaza, freedom of press in Palestinian territories
Contact via Adam Shay, JCPA Project Coordinator
Tel.: 972-2-561-9112
Professor Ephraim Inbar
Director of the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies; professor of political science at Bar-Ilan University
Field: Arab-Israeli conflict, strategic developments in the Middle-East
Cell: 972-54-660-3409
Tel.: 972-3-535-9198
E-mail: inbare@mail.biu.ac.il
Dr. Jonathan Rynhold
Affiliation: Lecturer in political science at Bar Ilan University
Field: Specializes in Israeli policy, regarding the separation barrier and the, disengagement plan, in U.S.-Israel relations, and in Middle East-Far East relations. Affiliation: Bar Ilan University
Cell: 972-54-577-5817
Tel.: 972-3-531-8873
E-mail: rynhold@mail.biu.ac.il
Zalman Shoval
Former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S., former member of Knesset
Tel.: Assistant, Tammi: 972-3-517-3310
Ephraim Sneh
Former Israeli Deputy Defense Minister
Contact via Eve: 972-52-871-4642
Footnotes:
[1] “Israel-Palestinian Economic Relations,” Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nov. 22, 1998, http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Peace%20Process/Guide%20to%20the%20Peace%20Process/Israeli-Palestinian%20Economic%20Relations
[2] “Report of the Government of Israel to the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee,” Report of the Government of Israel to the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee, June 7-8, 2009, http://www.mfa.gov.il/NR/rdonlyres/1FFAE064-4230-41EA-A6A7-50EF5760556D/0/AdHocLiaisonJune2009.pdfe
[3] “Israel’s Netanyahu pushes economic peace plan,” Agence France-Presse via GoogleNews, Nov. 19, 2008, http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gyv0VpRA4kI7sR9BN0KpQh-2RbuA
[4] “Israel’s Netanyahu pushes economic peace plan,” Agence France-Presse via GoogleNews, Nov. 19, 2008, http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gyv0VpRA4kI7sR9BN0KpQh-2RbuA
[5] “Future economic relations between the Palestinian and Israeli economies,” Palestine International Business Forum, December 2007, http://www.pibf.net/pdf/research.pdf
[6] “Positive trend in economic indicators for the West Bank,” Ministry of Defense: Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories, November 2008.
[7] “Report of the Government of Israel to the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee,” Report of the Government of Israel to the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee, June 7-8, 2009, http://www.mfa.gov.il/NR/rdonlyres/1FFAE064-4230-41EA-A6A7-50EF5760556D/0/AdHocLiaisonJune2009.pdfe
[8] “Positive trend in economic indicators for the West Bank,” Ministry of Defense: Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories, November 2008.
[9] “Report of the Government of Israel to the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee,” Report of the Government of Israel to the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee, June 7-8, 2009, http://www.mfa.gov.il/NR/rdonlyres/1FFAE064-4230-41EA-A6A7-50EF5760556D/0/AdHocLiaisonJune2009.pdfe
[10] “Report of the Government of Israel to the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee,” Report of the Government of Israel to the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee, June 7-8, 2009, http://www.mfa.gov.il/NR/rdonlyres/1FFAE064-4230-41EA-A6A7-50EF5760556D/0/AdHocLiaisonJune2009.pdfe
[11] “Report of the Government of Israel to the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee,” Report of the Government of Israel to the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee, June 7-8, 2009, http://www.mfa.gov.il/NR/rdonlyres/1FFAE064-4230-41EA-A6A7-50EF5760556D/0/AdHocLiaisonJune2009.pdfe
[12] “Report of the Government of Israel to the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee,” Report of the Government of Israel to the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee, June 7-8, 2009, http://www.mfa.gov.il/NR/rdonlyres/1FFAE064-4230-41EA-A6A7-50EF5760556D/0/AdHocLiaisonJune2009.pdfe
[13] “Report of the Government of Israel to the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee,” Report of the Government of Israel to the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee, June 7-8, 2009, http://www.mfa.gov.il/NR/rdonlyres/1FFAE064-4230-41EA-A6A7-50EF5760556D/0/AdHocLiaisonJune2009.pdfe
[14] “Report of the Government of Israel to the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee,” Report of the Government of Israel to the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee, June 7-8, 2009, http://www.mfa.gov.il/NR/rdonlyres/1FFAE064-4230-41EA-A6A7-50EF5760556D/0/AdHocLiaisonJune2009.pdfe
[15] “Report of the Government of Israel to the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee,” Report of the Government of Israel to the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee, June 7-8, 2009, http://www.mfa.gov.il/NR/rdonlyres/1FFAE064-4230-41EA-A6A7-50EF5760556D/0/AdHocLiaisonJune2009.pdfe
[16] “Report of the Government of Israel to the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee,” Report of the Government of Israel to the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee, June 7-8, 2009, http://www.mfa.gov.il/NR/rdonlyres/1FFAE064-4230-41EA-A6A7-50EF5760556D/0/AdHocLiaisonJune2009.pdfe
[17] “Future economic relations between the Palestinian and Israeli economies,” Palestine International Business Forum, December 2007, http://www.pibf.net/pdf/research.pdf
[18] “Report of the Government of Israel to the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee,” Report of the Government of Israel to the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee, June 7-8, 2009, http://www.mfa.gov.il/NR/rdonlyres/1FFAE064-4230-41EA-A6A7-50EF5760556D/0/AdHocLiaisonJune2009.pdfe
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