The Palestinian economy between unity and attempts of dismantling.

Abstract

The problem of this study is specified in
identifying the economic reality imposed by the
intra- Palestinian division and its impact on the
Palestinian situation.
The main objective of the study is restricted in
pinpointing the dimension of separating Gaza Strip
from the economy as a whole, in addition to the risk
it imposes on the Palestinian question as a result of
this. The descriptive analytical approach has been
used within identifying the economic development
and the stages experienced as well as the state of
economic weakness that Palestinian economy faces
as a result of the Israeli policies since 1967. Also,
the study indicates the steps taken by the Israeli
occupation after the Aqsa Intifada in 2000 which
targeted the Palestinian economy and the Israeli
plans to dominate Jerusalem in a bid to separate
it from the other Palestinian territories and the
recurrent aggressions on Gaza to separate it and to
create new facts on the ground. The study addressed
the reality of the Palestinian economy, and the
potential scenarios. Israeli strategy, however, is
being changed from controlling the economy and
make it subordinate to its Israeli encounter to a new
strategy represented by dismantling the essential
Palestinian economy components to serve the Israeli
approach aimed at preventing any possibility of
creating the Palestinian State. The study made clear
the risks that will result from separating Gaza from
the Palestinian economy. The best way to confront
the Israeli policies is to develop the Palestinian
economy and to abandon gradually the relation with
Israel and enhance the complementary link between
all the Palestinian components from one hand and
strengthen the relations between the Palestinian
economy and neighboring Arab economy from the
other hand, as well as making efforts to recover the
transit trade.