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Its been 2 and a half years in the making and its being billed as the opportunity of the sentry for palestinians the us president s son in law jared kush there has presented the economic portion of americas plan for peace between the palestinians and the israelis at a conference in bahrain it relies on donor nations and investors to contribute 50000000000. 00 to palestinian territories jordan egypt and lebanon although no one has actually pledged any money yet it aims to create a 1000000 new jobs slash unemployment rates and improve Living Standards for palestinians within the next 10 years and among 179 proposed infrastructure and business projects. A 5000000000 dollar transport corridor to connect the occupied west bank and gaza but the long awaited proposal as a way to been sharply criticized by palestinians and arabs across the region for not including a political solution roslyn jordan has more Business Leaders and government officials are in mahna mahna to discuss the us his latest effort to resolve the Israeli Palestinian conflict a 50000000000. 00 economic overhaul for the Palestinian People and the region the us president s son in law has been working on this plan which relies on both private and public funding since 2017 this effort is better referred to as the opportunity of the century if leadership has the courage to pursue it this is about creating opportunity for the Palestinian People this is about creating opportunity for the people throughout the middle east if implemented correctly and competently the economic plan i will go through now will lead to growth and better lives cushion or end other u. S. Officials say this could be the solution to decades of War Occupation and mistrust the israelis and palestinians disagree theyre not at the conference the white house plan ignores a strategy supported for decades by the International Diplomatic community negotiated borders and land swaps a guaranteed right of return for Palestinian Refugees an agreement im a legal status of jerusalem and security guarantees for israel even so repeated u. S. Brokered talks have not succeeded in 2 states living side by side in security and peace by direct message to the Palestinian People is that despite what those who have let you down in the past tell you President Trump and america have not given up on you this workshop is for you. The vision we developed and released if executed correctly will lead to a Better Future for the Palestinian People a future of dignity prosperity and opportunity is the gathering worth it if only to highlight its importance alternately everything will have to be settled between the israelis and the palestinians but what is important is that this meeting illustrates Regional Support for dis process in other words the arab states are unified. In their support for. Peace plan the Israeli Palestinian conflict once again is getting attention but its not clear this latest effort will be the way to peace for the palestinians and the israelis rosalyn jordan aljazeera washington as well rami who are a is a professor at the American University of beirut and is palestinian jordanian he joins us live via skype from they would serve thank you so much for joining us here on aljazeera 1st of all your reaction to at least the economic part of this deal is it really the opportunity of the century for palestinians. You know its absolutely not and i think thats been made very clear by palestinians and most of the people in the middle east and really most of the sensible people around the world who know and saying that about the middle east its not a very realistic plan it hasnt been supported. Very much at all by people who count in the region and this is a very bizarre attempt by the United States to give the illusion of serious mediation while all of the actions that the United States government has taken in the last 2 years of the trumpet ministration have punished the palestinians pressured them. Put economic stress on them close political doors to them and then virtually every saying that the israeli right wing government of Benjamin Netanyahu wants done so its not a very serious process at all. It obviously hasnt had much support of any really across the region what theyve tried to do is to separate the economic part from the Political Part now the politics of it apparently they would deal with in a couple of months what do you make of that argument is it possible to separate the 2 and doesnt make any sense to deal with the economics before you deal with the very thorny political issues. It doesnt make sense because the economic stress that the palestinians are suffering is largely a function of the political occupation exile and refugee hood that they suffer so you have to deal with the 2 things together the attempt to promote Economic Growth has been tried before by tony blair on the United Nations and many others and it just doesnt work because thats not unlike the economic stress is a consequence of political denial you have to address the political side you can address them simultaneously they could have held this workshop and behind in and held the political negotiation in geneva that might have worked palestinians want to live a decent life but they want equal rights so the question or talk today was he was talking about security for the state of israel and dignity for the palestinians well dignity is there is fine but security is what Everybody Needs statehood security sovereignty and unless those 2 issues are dealt with together theres never going to be any progress and obviously the palestinians have boycotted did this means and we saw from both the west bank and guys and gaza you know basically people dismissing any of it where do you think this leaves the palestinians and for any kind of solution to state or not do you think that ultimately the only thing to do is to wait out until this trumpet ministration is no longer in office. Thats a short term option the palestinians are in a really difficult situation because not only are they being continually colonized by the israelis and assisted by the americans for instance of the Golan Heights which is syrian has been found next in israel was long ago and the americans recognize it now as part of israel so the pressures from the israelis and the americans are very intensive but theres also troubling signs that some countries in the gulf like the United Arab Emirates and saudi arabia and by the end are willing to slowly normalize ties with the israelis and that might weaken some of the support that the palestinians need so theres not much the palestinians can do right now theyre politically very weak so they have to be steadfast and they have to come up with a better leadership and a unity unified palestinian leadership that can mobilize the enormous support that exists for palestinians equal rights with israelis all around the world and this is something that the palestinian leadership really has to work on its one of the great internal failings of the palestinians and just to pick up on that last point do you see any sign of that a stronger united palestinian leadership not really they keep talking about it on the other are countries the so it is the qatari is have tried to step in and help the smooth this out with some funding but it hasnt it hasnt worked and so there needs to be some kind of internal change within palestine where maybe grassroots movements or something happens and turnley where the palestinians and unite in one government which has always been the case until around 78 years ago or so 10 years ago when the when the split and took over again strip but it will happen eventually but its theres no immediate signs of it but that doesnt preclude the p. L. O. Which still is supposed to represent all postilions from trying to work out some kind of mobilization process for Public Opinion and Political Support from all over the world. I mean who are saying today near professor at the American University of beirut us are always great to get your views thank you for joining us thank you. Well as we were just discussing there the Palestinian Authority and its rival have us have united in denouncing the u. S. Plan accusing trump of trying to buy them off in return for not having their own state how massa senior political leader dismissed the meeting in bihari as a farce the Conference Held at the moment in bahrain is a political conference with an economic coverup it is totally a political event with the financial and economic camouflage simply for the reason that this conference and the deal called the deal of the century is aimed at achieving the following 1st to lay the foundation for terminating the palestinian cause 2nd giving the green light to the zionist enemy to extend its occupation and control over the entire west Bank Robertson has more now from gaza city. Before judge stood up to deliver his opening remarks a speech had already been started by ishmael honey a the leader of hamas the group that controls gaza he was making a very impassioned speech to a group of palestinian faction leaders here in gaza city and reiterating the point that palestinians have been making ever since details of this plan 1st came out a few days ago that there can be no economic solution to this situation until the political solution is found in his speech he describes the buckling conference as having been dead already because it carries the seeds of failure he said that the conference did not dictate the fate of palestinians now there was an interesting side note to this speech because he also held out an offer of unity to the leadership of the fatah Political Party and the fatah and hamas have been at loggerheads for about 13 years ever since hamas took over gaza but this was highly a saying to the leadership of fatah now is the time to come together now is the time to form some sort of unity government so that we can represent palestinians in the face of this particular deal we are expecting protests to be held in gaza on that whedon stay there is a march thats being arranged to go from the u. N. Headquarters here in gaza up to the main square but also later on on wednesday that are expected to be protests at the border with israel and everybody will be watching very carefully to see how israel decides to react to those protests given the level of intricacy and comments that have been happening since this conference in back rain began the conference itself is expected to finish at the end of weight in the city but whether or not the fury that is currently felt by palestinians will end then to as yet to be seen. But the blockade of gaza has led to high levels of unemployment and the lack of basic goods and services and many palestinian businesses in the occupied west bank have suffered under Israeli Occupation but is needed abraham now reports many palestinians say financial incentives alone cannot solve a decades long conflict. Israeli restrictions on palestinian businesses are so tight even salt can sift through the only palestinian salt factory is feeling the pinch palestinian businessman who believes his companys problems cannot be solved by economy incentives only the Military Area so we are restricted in getting any type of permits to. Expand with existing buildings things that we want is not giveaways but actually Business Opportunities not only does the company need israeli coordination to pump water from the dead sea it also takes him a lot of time and money to export the salt using israeli controlled ports the factory that employs 25. 00 workers is the only palestinian owned business on the shores of the dead sea and has hardly changed or been improved since it started in the early 1960 s. Owners need israeli permission before they can build any structure in this area sometimes they never get it it took 30 years before the go head was given to. The factories the main source of salt for palestinians including many businesses in the occupied west bank like many other palestinian businesses the owner of this food pickle in business says profits could triple if he had under strict access to land and water as well as Free Movement of products. Israel controls all Water Supplies in the west bank the Palestinian Water Authority estimates the palestinians can only use 15 percent of their Water Resources israelis use that 85 percent of former economy minister for the Palestinian Authority and businessman. Says that economy prosperity needs to be in parallel with the political process so we dont believe and. We believe in lifting occupation that that means lifting the siege on the west bank. This will give us the space the space to work in a further restriction to cripple the economy the Israeli Government restricts palestinians from using 60 percent of the land in the west bank to build factories or anything else in. The core of the crisis goes back to the establishment of the Palestinian Authority gay sions of the people in yaki pide territory has been transferred to the Palestinian Authority at the same time it inherited a weak economy. Is or is the tax revenues which it collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority is at the heart of the authorities financial crisis that says palestinians coupled with reduced aid from foreign donors as well as the long standing restrictions on businesses further blocks the road to economy progress in. The occupied west bank as the behind conference is getting underway the un Agency Responsible for Palestinian Refugees was asking for more than a 1000000000. 00 at its annual pledging conference in new york its been struggling to cope since the white house cut 300000000. 00 of funding last year. More now from the u. N. In new york. After the trumpet ministration cut off all funding for the un relief and works agency 42. 00 countries stepped up and increased their share of funding it will to make up the shortfall this meeting in part is to remind and should be those donors to ensure that funding continues in 2019 whats fascinating about the timing of this is it does happen on the same day as gerard cushion his workshop in bahrain for the financial aspects of his deal of the century and the same arguments that were being used by gerard kirshner for his deal were being used by jason green blatchley trumpet ministration negotiator for ending funding for the un agency that looks after refugees were doing this for the palestinians the Un Refugee Agency isnt good enough for them we want the palestinians to prosper even though there is a result of that funding shortfall there could be a numerous humanitarian consequences it is also interesting that there is a suspicion here that it is intimately connected to the question of plan that theres a stall in washington perhaps if you end funding for the Un Refugee Agency the relief the Refugee Agency that works for the palestinians then perhaps you can say there is no longer a refugee problem theres no issue of the right of return and thats very much on the minds you can tell of delegates of this conference that they want to keep the funding for the un relief and works agency to make sure that the issue of refugees doesnt disappear that the Trump Administration got to be saying look now that the unruh has gone maybe there is a refugee problem and we can just move on with the deal of the century coming up on the news hour from london the u. 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President has threatened iran with overwhelming retaliation and obliteration if it attacks anything american dont try made the comment on twitter after the iranian president suggested the white house was idiotic for imposing new sanctions on the Supreme Leader ali how many there are aimed at denying irans leadership access to Financial Resources and support but compared to the measures already in place theyre likely to have little impact irans lifeline thats its oil exports were targeted in november last year after washington withdrew from the nuclear deal the sector was worth 50000000000. 00 to tehran annually i