This week the much-awaited Bahrain workshop is to take place in Manama, with various Arab and Western officials in attendance. The event is supposed to present the new economic plan for the occupied Palestinian territories, besieged Gaza and the wider region, which will allegedly get the Palestinian economy "going the right way".
While we shouldn't be surprised that a rich white man, such as President Donald Trump, wants to throw money at a problem to make it go away, it is quite disappointing to see that there are some who are buying into the narrative that a simple economic plan can be a solution to the decades-old "Palestinian issue".
It should be obvious to all that an occupied economy cannot "go the right way" even if billions are poured into its sectors. An occupation stunts economic development by default and no proposed financial "fixes" would ever work until it is fully lifted.
