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Jordanian Foreign Minister Al-Khatib, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, and Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat in the West Bank town of Jericho, Wednesday. (AP)
Last update - 10:55 16/08/2007
Israel to promote 'economic horizon' for future Palestinian state
By Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Livni, economic horizon 

Israel is working to promote an economic plan to complement the agreement of principles ahead of the regional conference later this year, government sources in Jerusalem said Wednesday. A source said the plan would provide an "economic horizon" with a number of future investment projects when the Palestinian state is declared.

A senior government official said the plan's goal is to "present the Palestinians with economic signposts along with the diplomatic signposts to show what can be accomplished."

Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told foreign ministers and other officials in Europe that the plan needed international support. The "strategic" projects Israel has suggested so far include infrastructure improvements such as electricity and water, city planning in the West Bank and Gaza, rehabilitation of sewage systems and the establishment of a "peace corridor" in Jericho.
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Livni has presented the plan to the Quartet's Middle East envoy, Tony Blair, whose work also fits into the economic horizon in terms of his assistance in the building of Palestinian governing institutions.

Blair is to return to the region on September 1 to continue his work, establishing his offices in the American Colony Hotel in East Jerusalem. He is close to putting together a team of 20, including humanitarian aid experts from the United Nations, American diplomats dealing with Israeli-Palestinian relations, and an Israel expert from the British Foreign Office.

A four-way meeting took place Wednesday at Jericho's Intercontinental Hotel between Livni, Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso, Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdelelah al-Khatib, and the Palestine Liberation Organization's chief of negotiations, Saeb Erekat.

The meeting focused on the initiative to further develop agricultural-industrial cooperation between Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Jordan, dubbed "The Corridor for Peace and Prosperity."

"Efforts on the economic track are not at the expense of the diplomatic dialogue with the PA," Livni said. "Israel has a responsibility to create a diplomatic process and reach an agreement with the Palestinians on the widest possible basis."

Erekat said the economic corridor project showed what reality could be like if "we do not waste time on violence and occupation. With regard to Gaza, Erekat said that "only the Palestinians can help themselves. We are not abandoning the inhabitants of Gaza, and Hamas must apologize and return the situation there to what it was."

The "peace corridor" initiated several months ago by President Shimon Peres when he was vice premier will be one of the foundations of the economic horizon. Produce from Jericho will be marketed abroad via Jordan, and marketing facilities will be established along with the restoration of the Adam Bridge over the Jordan River and the establishment of a new airport on the Jordanian side.

A closing statement on Wednesday's meeting said that the next stage of the project would be in October, with a delegation of experts from each side coming to Jericho for further talks and to set a timetable. A delegation of geologists and environmentalists is also to meet in the coming weeks to determine the best place to establish the project's facilities.

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  1.   "economic horizon" is the year 2099 03:15  |  Wendy 16/08/07
  2.   Excellent! 03:32  |  Eli 16/08/07
  3.   What are the Palestinian State`s borders? 03:50  |  Petteri 16/08/07
  4.   Impressive work! Sounds like the real tuchloss! 03:54  |  Smadar 16/08/07
  5.   Israel to promote palestinian states economic horizon 05:14  |  DCSage 16/08/07
  6.   THE HOLY QURAN AS WRITTEN BY ALLAH IN CHAPTER 17 ,VERSES 104 TO 1 06:51  |  IMAN 16/08/07
  7.   To Wendy#1 07:04  |  Otto Rand 16/08/07
  8.   The wonderful thing about horizons 07:24  |  Natallie Durson 16/08/07
  9.   Stop strangulate the Gaza strip 07:24  |  Gaza resident 16/08/07
  10.   Don`t miss a true opportunity another time 08:43  |  Paolo 16/08/07
  11.   Forced labor camp 08:50  |  keith 16/08/07
  12.   A waste of Time...... 08:53  |  Missknowall 16/08/07
  13.   Prescription for War 08:57  |  Double Click 16/08/07
  14.   The Bride is in a coma ... 09:18  |  Cynical 16/08/07
  15.   A glimp of hope? #3 Petteri 09:31  |  Sebastian 16/08/07
  16.   We are getting close, from a "vision" to a "horizon" 09:55  |  Joe 16/08/07
  17.   First Borders.. 10:02  |  Dolores 16/08/07
  18.   And in return the Arabs promote peace and prosperity for Israel. 10:14  |  Uzi 16/08/07
  19.   Wendy there is going to be a Palestinian state 10:35  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 16/08/07
  20.   Gaza resident 10:42  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 16/08/07
  21.   Wrong Headline 10:53  |  isratinian 16/08/07
  22.   None 11:01  |  Yoel 16/08/07
  23.   what a joke 11:01  |  SD 16/08/07
  24.   Palestine should just declare a state 11:03  |  steve 16/08/07
  25.   Here is an equitable and quite practicable diplomatic horizon: 11:18  |  Uzi 16/08/07
  26.   A FALSE PROMISE OF THE FUTURE 11:22  |  indrajaya 16/08/07
  27.   Abother empty jhoax to cover annexation policies 11:24  |  www.kibush.co.il 16/08/07
  28.   Margie #20 (Rafah crossing) 11:24  |  guido 16/08/07
  29.   Guido 11:44  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 16/08/07
  30.   One has to have helluva nerve to state the problem so ... 12:52  |  zmogus 16/08/07
  31.   #24, Steve - Palestine was declared a State in 1988 13:02  |  A Bethlehemite 16/08/07
  32.   I believe in this Peace 13:14  |  Ronnie Wolman 16/08/07
  33.   #9 Do U expect Israel to open a special transport service for 13:17  |  Alan 16/08/07
  34.   Margie #28 (Rafah crossing, 2nd try) 13:33  |  guido 16/08/07
  35.   This a bogus enterprise which should read `give us more time 13:40  |  lakshmi 16/08/07
  36.   Guido 13:42  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 16/08/07
  37.   Well, well, well 13:47  |  Judith, haifa 16/08/07
  38.   To "A Bethlehemite" 13:54  |  Paolo 16/08/07
  39.   TODAYS COMEDY SHOW FROM 14:29  |  paul harris 16/08/07
  40.   I think we are two faced 14:39  |  Smile-E 16/08/07
  41.   PETTERI.Pal borders,they were rejected by Arabs. 14:48  |  PETER SM 16/08/07
  42.   Margie in Tel Aviv #19 15:17  |  GABE1 16/08/07
  43.   Another important thing no one has given enough thought about 15:33  |  Judith, Haifa 16/08/07
  44.   to blur, to make indistinct the failures of 2 states solution 15:48  |  Joseph E . 16/08/07
  45.   The future was not for us to see. 16:05  |  Akram Zekaria 16/08/07
  46.   Economic horizon for Palestine 16:13  |  kevin 16/08/07
  47.   Economic horizon for Palestine 16:13  |  kevin 16/08/07
  48.   #27 and someone put the kibosh on it ! 16:19  |  victor hardman 16/08/07
  49.   Their economic horizon is in 21 Arab states. NOT IN OUR COUNTRY 16:21  |  Feiglin Supporter 16/08/07
  50.   Palestinian horizon 16:22  |  kevin 16/08/07
  51.   DOUBLE CLICK.Re Gaza& prescription for war.Read the Hamas charter 16:25  |  PETER.SM 16/08/07
  52.   An Attainable Goal 16:27  |  Tzfonit 16/08/07
  53.   Any dialogue is good dialogue in this case 16:30  |  Peter 16/08/07
  54.   Gabe 16:32  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 16/08/07
  55.   So Far So Good 16:49  |  Jane 16/08/07
  56.   GET US OUT OF HERE. WE DONT WANT YOUR MONEY USA AND EUROPE!! 17:03  |  Nasar 16/08/07
  57.   Magie #36 (crossings, 2nd try) 17:04  |  guido 16/08/07
  58.   Abbas Seeks Unity With Hamas, Breaking Promise to US Congressmen 17:08  |  Peter 16/08/07
  59.   #35 Lakshmi Arab Violence Against Jews Always the Problem 17:10  |  Non Violence 16/08/07
  60.   guido # 34 The Rafah Crossing 17:10  |  Jeff Northridge 16/08/07
  61.   Margie #54 17:12  |  Gabe1 16/08/07
  62.   The cart and the horse 17:13  |  Tosefta 16/08/07
  63.   Margie & Guido - RAFAH 17:21  |  Mark of Lewiston 16/08/07
  64.   # 43 Judith 17:25  |  Lynn 16/08/07
  65.   If true very good news and very smart thing to do by Israel 17:33  |  Mark B. 16/08/07
  66.   Gazan resident # 9 17:35  |  Lynn 16/08/07
  67.   Mark of Lewsiton #63 17:43  |  Lynn 16/08/07
  68.   MISSING ELEMENT 17:49  |  Mark of Lewiston 16/08/07
  69.   Gabe: worry about your own future, not ours. 17:51  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 16/08/07
  70.   bad haaretz reporting 17:53  |  Aaron Cohen 16/08/07
  71.   # 21 isratinian 17:55  |  Lynn 16/08/07
  72.   Nasar # 56 Sal Si Puedes 18:03  |  Jeff Northridge 16/08/07
  73.   all problems boil down to one thing only! 18:11  |  Igor D. 16/08/07
  74.   PALS are Lucky 18:14  |  Nuri 16/08/07
  75.   To Those Who Differ On Whether There Will or Will Not Be a State 18:23  |  Chick 16/08/07
  76.   There goes FARFOUR THE MOUSE and here comes NAHOUL THE BEE 18:25  |  Gil 16/08/07
  77.   1948 revisited Margie in TA #54 Addendum. 18:25  |  GABE1 16/08/07
  78.   Lynn - I wasn`t Aware 18:28  |  Mark of Lewiston 16/08/07
  79.   steve - nice try, its not there land to declare... 18:42  |  x 16/08/07
  80.   Bribing the bloodthirsty primitivim into accepting us won`t work! 18:50  |  Yehuda Maccabbee 16/08/07
  81.   Tosefta # 62 The Carrot Before The Donkey 19:03  |  Jeff Northridge 16/08/07
  82.   Well, with Israel`s growing colonies....... 19:19  |  Yaakov Sullivan 16/08/07
  83.   Mark of Lewiston # 68 The Missing Link 19:55  |  Jeff Northridge 16/08/07
  84.   Watching economy at Olmert`s, Israel will do well electing Bibi 19:58  |  Ignacio 16/08/07
  85.   I see only one donkey.. (Jeff Northridge #81) 20:04  |  Tosefta 16/08/07
  86.   # 9 20:12  |  Abu Yusuf 16/08/07
  87.   59Benny Morris cannot be the only source,and it was normal for 20:13  |  lakshmi 16/08/07
  88.   Yehuda Maccabbee - Integration? 20:15  |  Mark of Lewiston 16/08/07
  89.   THIS IS GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 20:22  |  Dave from Chicago 16/08/07
  90.   Jeff Northridge - It`s Commodity Dependent 20:30  |  Mark of Lewiston 16/08/07
  91.   So the leadership can make the money 20:31  |  El-Birawi 16/08/07
  92.   ISRAEL HAS IT`S OWN ECONOMIC WOES 20:33  |  PalestiniansAreAMyth 16/08/07
  93.   The reward for 2 intifadas and 5 wars ...the NEW ECONOMIC HORIZON 20:33  |  pace306 16/08/07
  94.   @1, wendy, not 2099 but 3999 even better. 20:45  |  vlad 16/08/07
  95.   Economic Horizon 21:04  |  Baz Mann 16/08/07
  96.   80% of Israelis AREN`T poverty stricken 21:06  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 16/08/07
  97.   MARGIE out of the UK 21:15  |  GABE! 16/08/07
  98.   #51 - Middle East Media Research Intstitute 21:19  |  Double Click 16/08/07
  99.   The Rafah Crossing (Guido #34) 21:23  |  Tosefta 16/08/07
  100.   Iakshmi # 87 What "Customary Right"? 21:31  |  Jeff Northridge 16/08/07
  101.   Lakshmi 21:40  |  Non Violence 16/08/07
  102.   Yaakov Sullivan # 82 Colonies? 22:14  |  Jeff Northridge 16/08/07
  103.   Bush`s wisdom on Slowman`s education 22:37  |  Me 16/08/07
  104.   "economic horizon` = Israeli domination 22:37  |  peacelover 16/08/07
  105.   Israel, be careful what you do with God`s land 22:41  |  Jeremiah 16/08/07
  106.   Sullivan, perhaps you should read what an Arab, Nuri, writes 22:42  |  Aharon Cohen 16/08/07
  107.   Margie of the UK 22:43  |  GABE1 16/08/07
  108.   #82 yaakov scrapes through the colonies 22:44  |  victor hardman 16/08/07
  109.   Non-sense peace, non-sense economic horizon 22:51  |  S 16/08/07
  110.   Mark of Lewiston 22:55  |  Lynn 16/08/07
  111.   Mark of Lewiston 23:02  |  Lynn 16/08/07
  112.   # 91 El-birawi 23:10  |  Lynn 16/08/07
  113.   El Birawi: Choices the Arabs Can Make 23:11  |  Ronnie Wolman 16/08/07
  114.   #95 Tosefta 23:32  |  Sol 16/08/07
  115.   #72 Jeff: WE WANT GUNS TO SHOOT, OK?! 23:36  |  ALIOS 16/08/07
  116.   Israelis won`t let new terror state emerge. 23:45  |  Chaim 16/08/07
  117.   Gaza is a vision of a future Palestinian state 00:09  |  Schtarker Yid 17/08/07
  118.   creating tangible hope 00:57  |  Akiva Patysh 17/08/07
  119.   Gabe1 vs. Margie from Tel Aviv 00:59  |  Gil 17/08/07
  120.   God Forbid!!! 01:33  |  natan 17/08/07
  121.   #19 Margie in TA 02:55  |  Labhras 17/08/07
  122.   #20 margie in Ta 03:10  |  Labhras 17/08/07
  123.   Margie in TA 03:13  |  Labhras 17/08/07
  124.   Lynn 03:15  |  Mark of Lewiston 17/08/07
  125.   #108 victoria 03:19  |  Labhras 17/08/07
  126.   #3 03:21  |  Dan 17/08/07
  127.   100Howdy jeff,the fact that customary right does not exist now 03:29  |  lakshmi 17/08/07
  128.   91El Birawi,thanks for the exact info.concerning PLO corruption, 03:32  |  lakshmi 17/08/07
  129.   # 69 Margie in TA prefers peace 03:41  |  Labhras 17/08/07
  130.   ALIOS # 115 I Think That You`re A Fake 03:41  |  Jeff Northridge 17/08/07
  131.   Margie in Tel Aviv 03:58  |  John 17/08/07
  132.   99 - Tosefta on occupation 04:25  |  SG 17/08/07
  133.   Kibush 04:50  |  John 17/08/07
  134.   Iakshmi # 127 So What? 05:10  |  Jeff Northridge 17/08/07
  135.   #124 Mark of Lewiston 05:14  |  Lynn 17/08/07
  136.   #128 labarse an impossibility to embarrass eire 05:34  |  victor hardman 17/08/07
  137.   #2 Eli, Cheering on this Horse and Tony show 06:05  |  Dutch 17/08/07
  138.   #116 Chaim, Re The Terrorist State 06:33  |  Dutch 17/08/07
  139.   Indra 07:10  |  Infidel Too 17/08/07
  140.   "Regards" to Labhras... 07:10  |  Akiva Patysh 17/08/07
  141.   Labras 07:51  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 17/08/07
  142.   Gil about Gabe and Labras 07:54  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 17/08/07
  143.   John: learn from the past, don`t dwell on it 09:55  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 17/08/07
  144.   The welcome "Horizon" project gets the ball rolling! 10:02  |  Ivar 17/08/07
  145.   The "horizon" is actually a clift 10:28  |  spyguy 17/08/07
  146.   137Dutch,exactly my point! Do check these out, 11:04  |  lakshmi 17/08/07
  147.   101Non Violence you asked for specific citations for zionist 16:13  |  lakshmi 17/08/07
  148.   134Howdy Jeff,slavery existed then but does not exist now,so are 16:14  |  lakshmi 17/08/07
  149.   Gaza resident - Talk to Hamas 21:41  |  baba 17/08/07
  150.   to # 9 Gaza resident 18:10  |  Dik 27/02/08
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