VOL. XLIII

No. 43

23-OCTOBER-2000

STOCK MARKETS

Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation Hits Regional Economies

As efforts continue to halt the violence in the occupied territories, the latest Israeli-Palestinian confrontation appears to have taken a heavy economic toll on the region. When and if the conflict is resolved and the peace process gets back on its feet again as it may with the agreement reached in Sharm al-Shaikh on 17 October - the health of the regions economy will take considerable time...