These are the elements of contemporary power. The scale has tipped in the
direction of economics rather than military might … At this stage of the
game, objects that may be subject to a military takeover are no longer of
value.
Shimon Peres, Israeli foreign minister, 19931
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References
1.
From Shimon Peres,
The New Middle East (New
York, 1993).
2.
I use the plural in reference to
(1) the Declaration of Principles (DOP) initialled in Oslo and later signed
in Washington, and (2) the historically more significant mutual recognition
of Israel and the PLO brokered in Oslo and later confirmed in an exchange of
letters prior to the Washington signing ceremony.
3.
See Graham Usher,
‘Palestine: the economic fist in the political
glove’ in Race & Class
(July-September 1994).
4.
My interview with Asher Davidi in
Davar (April 1995).
5.
See UsherGraham, op. cit., and World Bank,
Developing the Occupied Territories: an investment in peace
(Washington DC, September
1993).
6.
See World Bank, ibid.,
p.39.
7.
Jerusalem Post, Batsheva
Tsur (7 April 1995 and 4 May 1995).
8.
AvneriS., ‘The
Palestinians' place in the sun’,
Jerusalem Post (3 December
1993).
9.
RabinovichA., ‘The choice’,
Jerusalem Post (12 November
1993).
10.
‘Even the total
severance of economic ties with the Palestinian state would lower the
Israeli GNP by only 1 to 2 per cent over three to four
years’, The West Bank and Gaza:
Israel's options for peace (Tel Aviv, 1989),
p.235.
11.
RaphaelBar El, ‘Prospects
for partnership in economic development: Israel, the Middle East and North
African countries’ (Jerusalem, National and
Economic Planning Authority, November
1994).
12.
Quoted in Rabinovich, op.
cit.
13.
Quoted in
ibid.
14.
DavidiAsher, interview, Davar
(April 1994).
15.
PeresShimon, op. cit.
16.
Ibid.
17.
Raphael Bar El, op.
cit.
18.
Ibid.
19.
Israeli Treasury estimate. Jacob
Wirtschafter, Jerusalem Post (22 July
1991).
