This document provides information on recent political and economic developments in Palestine, Lebanon, and Israel: - Palestine's GDP and government transition of border crossings from Hamas to the Palestinian Authority are discussed. - Lebanon's GDP and concerns from Sunni politicians about potential Arab sanctions if Hezbollah continues regional interference. - Israel plans to ask the UN to strictly enforce the 2006 ceasefire agreement with Lebanon and curb Iran and Hezbollah's activities.

1. MIDDLE EAST – LEBANON
AND PALESTINE
PAUL YOUNG CPA, CGA
NOVEMBER 19, 2017

2. PAUL YOUNG - BIO
• CPA, CGA
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3. AGENDA
• Palestine – GDP
• Palestine Government / Hamas
• Lebanon – GDP
• Lebanon Government
• Israel and UN

4. PALESTINE / GDP
Source - https://tradingeconomics.com/palestine/gdp or https://unsco.unmissions.org/united-nations-and-government-palestine-sign-new-un-development-strategy-2018-2022

5. PALESTINE / GOVERNMENT
Source - https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-palestinians-reconciliation/hamas-cedes-gaza-border-
crossings-to-palestinian-authority-control-idUSKBN1D13T1
The Islamist group Hamas began ceding control of the Gaza Strip’s border crossings with Israel and Egypt to
U.S.-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday under an agreement brokered by Cairo to
end a decade of internal schism.
The move marked the most concrete implementation of the Oct. 11 reconciliation deal that Palestinians hope will ease
economic restrictions on Gaza and enable more fruitful negotiations on their goal of setting up an independent state.
Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Al-Hamdallah said in a statement that taking charge of the crossings would help Abbas’s
Palestinian Authority (PA) fulfill its duty “to improve the living conditions of our people”.
Israel and the United States have reservations about the intra-Palestinian pact, however, given refusals by Hamas - which
has fought three wars with Israel since seizing control of Gaza in 2007 from forces loyal to Abbas - to relinquish its
rockets and other arms
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Reuters – November 1, 2017

6. LEBANON GDP
Source - https://tradingeconomics.com/lebanon/gdp

7. LEBANON GOVERNMENT
Source - https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-politics-rifi/lebanese-sunni-politician-warns-of-arab-sanctions-over-hezbollah-
idUSKBN1DH2J8 or https://www.thenational.ae/world/mena/lebanon-president-happy-to-hear-hariri-will-return-to-lebanon-soon-1.675383
Lebanon could face economic sanctions
from Arab countries or worse if
Hezbollah does not stop meddling in
regional conflicts, a Lebanese Sunni
politician said on Friday.
Reuters – November 1, 2017

8. ISRAEL / HEZBOLLAH
Source - http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Israel-to-embark-on-diplomatic-offense-against-
Hezbollah-and-Iran-at-UN-513925
Israel plans to ask the United Nations to strictly enforce the 2006 cease-fire agreement that ended the Second
Lebanon War as part of its diplomatic offensive against Iran and its proxy, Hezbollah
“In recent years, the organization [Hezbollah] has expanded its activity in Lebanese territory in a systematic
violation of UN resolutions,” Intelligence Minister Israel Katz (Likud) said in an interview he gave the Associated
Press. His office then distributed those comments to the Israeli press on Friday morning.
Jerusalem Post – November 10, 2017