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On May 26, 2013. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, addressing the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa, unveiled his plan for the Palestinian Economic Initiative, stating: “It is time to put in place a new model of development that is bigger and bolder than anything proposed since the Oslo Accord."‘ However, this paper argues that far from awarding the belligerent occupant a transformative license to utilize inter alia the natural resources of the occupied territory for economic development, these resources are instead limited by reference to Article 55 of the Hague Regulations. The Palestinian Economic Initiative.
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