GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The new Palestinian government continues to pursue its plan to economically disengage from Israel by improving Palestinian industries and local products, establishing new industrial cities in the Palestinian governorates and developing existing industrial zones.
The government has brought into play a plan it calls “industrial clusters” in order to promote comprehensive economic planning, which aims to take advantage of the competitive advantages of each Palestinian governorate and strengthen those advantages in economic terms.
The cities of Nablus and Hebron came at the forefront of the Palestinian cities in which the industrial clusters plan will be implemented. At the end of April and June, the government promised to provide all necessary support to revive their industry and trade.
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh met on Aug. 8 with new Russian Ambassador to the Palestinian Authority (PA) Gocha Buachidze and discussed the possibility of establishing an industrial city with Russian support in Nablus, which, along with industrial zones in other Palestinian cities, would help support the Palestinian economy and create new jobs.
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