Israel-Palestine: real estate factor
Program Director Alaa Tartir discusses the current round of peace talks with Gershon Baskin, founder of the Israeli Palestinian Center of Research and Information, and Dr. George Giacaman, Co-Founder and General Director of The Palestinian Institute for the Study of Democracy in Ramallah. Tartir argues that "real estate projects" are a product of the economic peace paradigm and an excellent example for the corrupted marriage between economy and politics. "Having these projects on the agenda of the peace talks illustrates the low ceiling of such talks and why Palestinian people don't subscribe to them ... Building a nation does not happen through building a real estate project."