Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 38

21-Sep-2009

Political Comment (21 September 2009)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has now flatly refused to halt settlement construction on the West Bank. Iran and the P5+1 are finally to meet face to face. In Lebanon, Saad Hariri has been reappointed prime minister designate.

Netanyahu Turns Obama Down On Settlements

At MEES press time on 18 September, the latest tour of the region by US special envoy George Mitchell beginning on...