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The Israeli use of Economic Peace as a Peace Building Tool for the Occupied Palestinian Territories

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  • Tucker, Jason

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The aim of this paper is to assess how the Israeli government uses Economic Peace (EP) as a foundation for peace building between themselves and Palestine. I will do this by contesting the artificial division of economic development and political diplomacy in peace building as framed by Israel’s EP policy. I will argue that despite EP providing some relief for the Palestinian population, economic pacification is not a viable means by which to build peace negotiations as economics and politics are not mutually exclusive in peace building efforts. This paper is split into several sections. Firstly, I will define EP as it will be understood in this paper. Secondly, I will use the example of Northern Ireland as a means to show how it has been implemented and the potentially successful outcomes. Thirdly, I will look at how the Israeli government implemented EP between 1994 and 2000, its economic and political outcomes and how its continued use today is an attempt to frame peace building as a depoliticised endeavor. Finally I will look at what we can learn more generally about EP as a peace building tool in relation to its failure in the Israel-Palestine context.

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  • Tucker, Jason, 2023. "The Israeli use of Economic Peace as a Peace Building Tool for the Occupied Palestinian Territories," OSF Preprints 3rqmu, Center for Open Science.
    • Handle: RePEc:osf:osfxxx:3rqmu
    DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/3rqmu
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    1. Arnon, A & Weinblatt, J, 2001. "Sovereignty and Economic Development: The Case of Israel and Palestine," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 111(472), pages 291-308, June.
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