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December 7, 2011       Share:    

Source: http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=248389

Lieberman: Economics Crux of Mideast Problems

(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon - Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told European foreign ministers on Tuesday that the European experience has shown that the more successful a country's middle class is, the more successful and stable that country is itself. Long an advocate of developing the West Bank economy as a necessary prelude to being able to reach a final agreement with the Palestinians, Lieberman said: "My suggestion is to bypass highly disputed political issues, which cannot be resolved in the present....Once economic growth is allowed to take root and enable the formation of a strong middle class, I have no doubt that the difficult political issues, which seem irresolvable today, will lend themselves to resolution."

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