What has Israel done in the past to help the economic development of the Arabs in Yehuda and Shomron?
In the summer of 1986, Jordan initiated a Five Year Program (1986-1990) for the Economic and Social Development of the Occupied Territories. The first draft was for $1.3 billion, in Nov 1986 it was scaled back to $1.014 billion and in May 1987 it was further scaled down to $900 million. For 1986-1987: out of the initial $200 million, less than $60 million had been made available. $30 million was supplied by Jordan, $25 million by UK, US and France and the rest by Saudi Arabia. UNRWA spent $75 million in the refugee camps. During that same period Israel made capital investments to Arab “West Bank”ers to the tune of $122 million (electricity, water, roads, sewage, schools, health, etc.
In the summer of 1986, Jordan initiated a Five Year Program (1986-1990) for the Economic and Social Development of the Occupied Territories. The first draft was for $1.3 billion, in Nov 1986 it was scaled back to $1.014 billion and in May 1987 it was further scaled down to $900 million. For 1986-1987: out of the initial $200 million, less than $60 million had been made available. $30 million was supplied by Jordan, $25 million by UK, US and France and the rest by Saudi Arabia. UNRWA spent $75 million in the refugee camps.
