Palestinians shun joint Israeli-Palestinian business center
A group of foreign diplomats was due to visit on Tuesday an Israeli-Palestinian business center that has been shuttered since the recent wave of terrorist attacks began in October 2015, because the Palestinian Authority has forbidden PA residents from going there.
The Traklin Business Center, located at the Ephraim Gate Crossing next to Tulkarem, serves as a neutral center and a safe place for Israeli and Palestinian businesspeople to meet and continue bilateral business and trade relations.
The center is a flagship project of the Regional Cooperation Ministry under Deputy Minister Ayoob Kara, and can be used at no cost. When it was active, Palestinians entering Israel to visit the center were not required to obtain an entry permit.
Israel is now using the center as a stage for public diplomacy. On Tuesday, the first tour of the shuttered center will host a group of diplomats from the U.S., Jordan, Japan, the European Union, the international Middle East Quartet, USAID, and the Red Cross.
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When the rhetoric against Israel subsides from the hostile, it gravitates towards Israel's responsibilities to the Palestinian people. The well-meaning world places all responsibility for the well being of "Palestine" upon the shoulders of the Jewish state.
Fine. Here's an example of Israel accepting responsibility, along with the response of the Palestinian people, as instructed by the "moderate partner in peace", the Palestinian Authority (PA).
Got that?
Talk about shooting one's self in the foot!
Idiots.
The Palestinians are their own worst enemies.