Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 40

4-Oct-2010

Political Comment (4 October 2010)

The fate of the latest attempt to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict hangs in the balance after Israel failed to extend its partial moratorium on settlement building in the West Bank. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been forced to disavow his own foreign minister's speech to the UN General Assembly. In Iraq, the Iraqiyya bloc has stated categorically that it will not participate in...