Can Palestine be transformed into investment hub?

Foreign investments in Palestine accounted in 2017 for $1.5 billion, mostly in the tourism and banking sectors, with Palestine offering a range of encouraging incentives.
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas (C) chairs a Palestinian National Council meeting in Ramallah on April 30, 2018. - Abbas called today for Palestinians to keep their children from protests along the border between Israel and Gaza, warning of a "handicapped" generation. "Keep the young men from the border, move the children away, we do not want to become handicapped people," he said in a speech in the West Bank city of Ramallah, while supporting what he called "peaceful" protests. (Photo by ABBAS MOMANI /
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (C) chairs a Palestinian National Council meeting, Ramallah, West Bank, April 30, 2018. - ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Palestinians officials are planning to meet soon to address ideas for attracting more foreign investment and working to make Palestine an investment hub.

Saleh Rafat, a member of the Palestinian Liberation Organization's (PLO) executive committee, confirmed June 4 to Voice of Palestine that the PLO Central Council would meet after Eid al-Fitr to discuss the economic disengagement from Israel.

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