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There has since the beginning of the Zionist emigration been a remarkable change in the economy of Palestine. The province changed from one of the poorest in the world to under the British mandate to one of the most affluent in the Arab world. Since independence, Israel has emerged as one of the most successful in the world. Non-oil Arab countries, however, measured by basic metrics of modern societies (infant mortality, longevity, nutrition, educational achievement, scientific discoveries, percapita income, books published, democratic government, individual rights, ect.) are largely failed states. Why is this. Are the Isrealis responsible or are the Arabs themselves responsible?.
A Syrian observer writes, "Israel has, in less than 60 years, built an economy ten times that of Syria with one-fifth the population. How does one explain this fact? It is very simple: Israel is a vibrant democracy. For no fault of our own, Syria has suffered from one occupation after occupation, the latest being organically grown represented by the Assad family. One would think that a Syrian family occupying Syria is less harmful than the French occupying Syria. The truth is, it is much worse. The not-so-civilized Assad family uses much worse despotic techniques. The result is that not only Syrians suffer from lack of opportunities and stifling liberties but they also suffer from lack of hope, dignity, and pride as well; a good formula to create suicide bombers."
And how does this affect the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Another economic question is poverty as the root of the problem. Many Western observers believe that poverty is the reason the Isreali-Palestenian conflict has endured. Poverty is certainly a problem, but there is reason to believe that it is not the root of the problem.
There has since the beginning of the Zionist emigration been a remarkable change in the economy of Palestine. The province changed from one of the poorest in the world to under the British mandate to one of the most affluent in the Arab world. Since independence, Israel has emerged as one of the most successful in the world.
Non-oil Arab countries, however, measured by basic metrics of modern societies (infant mortality, longevity, nutrition, educational achievement, scientific discoveries, percapita income, books published, democratic government, individual rights, ect.) are largely failed states. Why is this. Are the Isrealis responsible or are the Arabs themselves responsible?.
A Syrian observer writes, "Israel has, in less than 60 years, built an economy ten times that of Syria with one-fifth the population. How does one explain this fact? It is very simple: Israel is a vibrant democracy. For no fault of our own, Syria has suffered from one occupation after occupation, the latest being organically grown represented by the Assad family. One would think that a Syrian family occupying Syria is less harmful than the French occupying Syria. The truth is, it is much worse. The not-so-civilized Assad family uses much worse despotic techniques. The result is that not only Syrians suffer from lack of opportunities and stifling liberties but they also suffer from lack of hope, dignity, and pride as well; a good formula to create suicide bombers."
And how does the ddesparity of economic development in Israel and the Arab states affect the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Another economic question is poverty as the root of the problem. Many Western observers believe that poverty is the reason the Isreali-Palestenian conflict has endured. Poverty is certainly a problem, but there is reason to believe that it is not the root of the problem. Some observers believe that solving the poverty of the Palestinians would resolve the conflict. But in fact the economic situation od Palestenians inproved during the British mandate and the arrival of Zionist settlers and this did not improve the attitudes of Palestinins toward either. In fact the Grand Mufti was actually concerned that prosperity would dull the apetuite of Palestenians for his vision of an Islamic state. Attacking poverty through economic development has also been UNWRA's basic approach, but it has proven to have had little impact. The economic situation in both the West Bank and Gaza has declined since the Interfada, but this does not seem to have affected Palestenian attitudes toward solving the conflict. this has been UNWRA's
Ghadry, Farid. "Why I Admire Israel," Reform Party of Syria Blog, May 5, 20007. Ghadry writes from Washington, D.C. because he would be arrested if he returned to Syria. The Reform Party of Syria Blog changes the articles over time, but this article was there on May 5, 2007.
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