I think the PA and the Israeli economy could both improve if we find common grounds, it already happens, especially when it comes to Israeli and Gazan farmers working together. we should develop and encourage this.
I agree with you on that point. It is said that the Palestinians are the intellectual elites of the Arab world. Their literacy rate for both males and females is similar to industrialized nations. And there are many with advanced degrees.
During the Mandate the Palestinians wanted a single democratic state with equal rights for all.
Just think of the country we could have had.
Is this actually true because I have heard Egyptians and Iraqis claim that title already, the intellectuals of the Arab world.
well----It seems to me that if you take the place OVER ALL-----gazans are on average
better educated that Egyptians-----but not necessarily the egyptians of CAIRO ----
as to Iraqis-----the people of Baghdad have been best educated since even before
the arabs invaded (uhm----will ----it was named something other than "baghdad"
back then-----I think) ----but the rest of the country is probably not ON AVERAGE
as literate as are the Gazans ----Gaza is small and NOW----it seems has a very
high literacy rate------for arabs. You have to think in terms of the "culture"-----lots
of saudis are illiterate------money does not always help----out in arabian desert---
bedouins are bedouins