Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today (Wednesday), 28.5.09, convened the
Ministerial Committee on Improving the Situation of the Palestinian
Residents of Judea and Samaria. At the start of the meeting, he said that
advancing economic projects for the Palestinian population of Judea and
Samaria would a better economic, social and political reality and would
improve the Palestinians' quality of life and personal welfare. He noted
that he was determined to release the impediments to moving forward on the
projects in order to implement them as soon as possible. At the end of the
meeting, the Prime Minister said that a series of projects would be
presented to the Committee, which would discuss, and decide on, each project
with a view towards the rapid and efficient advancement of those projects
deemed to be worthy. He said that emphasis would be given to those projects
which could be financed with international capital, stressed that the world
is ready to invest in projects in the Palestinian Authority and added that
the Government would assist in the implementation of these investments.
