VOL. XLIII

No. 43

23-OCTOBER-2000

ISRAEL/PALESTINE

Israel Considers Political And Economic Separation From Palestinian Authority

According to a report in the Israeli daily Ha'aretz on 20 October, Prime Minister Ehud Barak has asked the relevant government ministries to begin studying the economic implications of a separation from the Palestinian Authority (PA). The ministries of communication, industry and trade, agriculture, national infrastructure and labor, and welfare are participating in the...