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Originally Posted by Ironduke
The West Bank is materially much better off than the Gaza Strip, and along with lessening restrictions on the economic life imposed by the Israeli authorities, the wealthier Arabs of Israel's North District could serve to prop up the West Bank economically and form a core from which economic growth can occur.
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Prop up the West Bank economically? Former West Germany is still propping up the East. You think they'll really like that deal? Surely, if such a deal does go down, Israeli Arabs will be forced to go along with the will of West Bank Palestinians and the Israelis. They're in too good of a situation currently to want to shake that status quo. They have higher education, health, and economic levels of development than Arabs in any other part of the Middle East. If you were in their place, you wouldn't wanna stir the pot either.