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support the establishment of an independent and sovereign Palestinian state on the basis of the 1967 lines with its capital in East Jerusalem in parallel with Israel’s recognized capital in West Jerusalem

economic development and state-building efforts — especially in the West Bank

without prejudice to the rights of all citizens and minority groups. Recall

with the truly intractable issues postponed to a later phase. It needs solid security arrangements

but add elements that could render the resolution acceptable to a majority of Israelis?

2011— Instead of wasting time and energy trying to revive a moribund Israeli-Palestinian peace process

and focusing on them distorts the broader and grimmer picture.

and the looser tunnel patrols in Egypt mean greater access to weapons as well. But opinion surveys show that its more secular rival

but that does not meet the need. Hundreds of BMWs

all of them eight- and nine-story residential properties. He said there were some 130 engineering and design firms in Gaza. Two years ago

Amer Selmi was supervising the building of a three-story

Turkish in origin and bought legally in Egypt

tunnels under the southern border that were used to bring in consumer goods have become almost fully devoted to smuggling in building materials.

Israel has allowed most everything into Gaza but cement

but Egypt’s revolution and its reduced policing in the Sinai have had a profound effect.

there are issues of where to draw the baseline and — often — what motivates the discussion. It has never been among the world’s poorest places. There is near universal literacy and relatively low infant mortality

prompting Israel and Egypt to impose a blockade on people and most goods. It is a year since a Turkish flotilla challenged the siege and Israeli commandos killed nine activists aboard the ships

but so is this: Thousands of homes that were destroyed in the Israeli antirocket invasion two and a half years ago have not been rebuilt. Hospitals have canceled elective surgery for lack of supplies. Electricity remains maddeningly irregul...

this isolated Palestinian coastal enclave is experiencing its first real period of economic growth since the siege they are protesting began in 2007.

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