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Palestine: open for business

By Andrew Thomas

Updated on 15 December 2008

Talks in London this morning encourage British firms to invest in the Palestinian territories.

A new Palestine Britain Business Council was established at the conference, attended by 60 Palestinian business people from East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza.

But with its fragile ceasefire once more under threat, and its border regularly closed by Israel in retaliation for rocket attacks, Gaza is a place where buying the most basic goods can be impossible.

Interview: Dr Mohammed Mustafa

Kylie Morris interviewed the man in charge of the Palestine Investment Fund, Dr. Mohammad Mustafa, who was at those talks with Gordon Brown today.

She asked him if he thought Palestine needed to unite its internal factions before looking for economic cooperation.

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