The Impact of Israeli Occupation on the Palestinian Economy رسالة ماجستير

Abstract

This study aimed at presenting a unique study on the impact of the Israeli occupation on the Palestinian economy. Which is a rural dependent economy, to raise awareness of the impact of the occupation relationship on the Palestinian economy. It Identifies the main factors that affect the relationship between the occupation and its arbitrary measures on the one hand, and the development of the Palestinian economy on the one hand, in order to improve its efficiency. It also aims to contribute to direct and mainstream the Palestinian economic activities with an internal and primitive dimension instead of engaging in activities that are required by Israel. The methodology used is the methodology of analyzing the context and commercial content of the Palestinian economy as well as the analysis of the Israeli methods in politicizing and shaping the Palestinian economy to make it entirely dependent on the Israeli economy to answer the question of "How did Israeli repressive actions lead to greater Palestinian dependence on the Israeli economy?" This study investigated the role of occupation in restricting the Palestinian economy pillars as agriculture, trade, tourism, communication and transportation and taxes. The Israeli occupation has exhausted the Palestinian economy through confiscation the Palestinian lands and causing harm to the Palestinian capital investment. In addition, the Israeli occupation restricted the Palestine economy investment through building the annexation and separation wall and the Military checkpoints all over the West Bank and Gaza. Therefore, the Israeli occupation practices the worst apartheid and racial discrimination in the 21st century. It is worth to say that the Palestinian Authority has burdens to face the Israeli occupation threats to the economy growth. The Palestinian Authority procedures for the sustainable development are not enough and do not keep up with the current challenges to Palestinian X economy. The corruption is a major factor in paralyzing the Palestine economy. The legal accountability still needs to be more and more transparent. The Palestine economy has been affected by the economic agreements. The Paris Protocol (PP) is an economic trade agreement concluded on April 9th, 1994 in Paris between the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and the government of the state of Israel stating the basic principles of free trade between the two parties. This agreement does not meet the international conventions, and it not taken into account for the specificity of the Palestinian state under the occupation. Since this agreement is placed restrictions on Palestinian sovereignty and tied up the possibility of establishing an economic and trade relations with the outside world. As well as, it did not recognize the negative impact of the occupation in making distortions and deficits in the development process of the Palestinian economy. The results of analyzing the context and commercial content of the Palestinian economy indicated that The Israeli occupation forces a horde of limitations on the Palestinian economy that are impeding any prospects of supportable financial development in the involved Palestinian domain, There is no horizon for real economic development in light of the barbaric occupation that strikes all the international laws and agreements where the impact of occupation restrictions is not limited to the direct cost paid by Palestinian, but exceeds that to include indirect costs resulting from loss of potential development of vital industries that mainly depend on such access. This study also found that there is no power in the world that can guarantee Israeli occupation commitment to the signed agreements. Economic agreements did not achieve the basic needs of life to the Palestinians because of the Israeli occupation aggression. XI In conclusion, the study recommends disengaging the Palestinian economy from the Israeli economy and finding an alternative currency instead of the Israeli shekel. Also boycotting Israeli goods and refusing these goods in the Palestinian markets. At the end, Reviewing the economic agreements signed with the Israeli occupation is necessary to achieve economic development.