Preserving East Jerusalem in the Context of the Two State Solution, Short- and Medium-Term Sectoral Development Agenda for East Jerusalem

Preserving East Jerusalem in the Context of the Two State Solution, Short- and Medium-Term Sectoral Development Agenda for East Jerusalem

Studies

April 02, 2019

Executive Summary

 

This Short- and Medium-Term Sectoral Development Agenda for East Jerusalem

(SMSDA-EJ 2019-2023) aimed at identifying the main challenges and priority

needs in EJ and its surrounding localities as well as the proposition of practical

arrangements and interventions to respond to them. It complements the previous

efforts of the OoP and Al-Quds University in updating the SMSDP 2010 and takes

stock of international and local literature on the subject. This work focuses on

specific major sectors and sub-sectors, which have been particularly negatively

affected by the deliberate Israeli marginalization and exclusion of EJ and its

Palestinian residents. The work engaged relevant stakeholders, who assisted in

providing first-hand information and sound propositions for addressing the

challenges in the targeted sectors and sub-sectors, which we present briefly in this

summary. The SMSDA-EJ is based on three standalone documents covering

detailed reviews of the three clusters below and can be accessed on line through

www.mas.ps; www.nad.ps;

 

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