Palestine's economy

Dov Weislass, senior adviser to then prime minister Ariel Sharon, remarked in 2004, the goal was to put the peace process in "formaldehyde" and essentially "freeze" the Palestinian situation. This has largely been achieved, with President Obama as merely the current superintendent of this arrangement.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2011/aug/24/aid-wont-help-desperate-palestinians