Palestine Economic Development From the end of the XIXth Century till 1948

Abstract

This paper provides basic analysis of Palestine economic development in the stated above period. It gives an overall impression of the general patterns of Jewish and Arab communities’ development. Special attention is drawn to the Israeli innovation economy background formation. Main idea of the paper is that without understanding of what was going on in the economy of the region within this period it is impossible to provide a qualitative analysis of the economic development of Israel and Palestine at least in the 20th century.