Spring has arrived for many of us, not least for Palestine, where the hills of the West Bank are breaking out in ever more patches of green and lavender – as I saw on my trip there last week.
I’ll be writing about that and about some of the projects I visited in Jericho, Ramallah, Jerusalem and Jordan, thanks to JICA, the Japan International Co-operation Agency.
Other stories coming up this April include:
• The Jericho Agro-Industrial Park and its use of solar energy;
• The Palestine Stock Exchange and its IPO;
• The UK’s new ICT initiative;
• PalTrade’s plans to promote exports.
Palestine’s first delegation to the Olympics, Atlanta, 1996; Reuters
Last, but not least, we’ll be highlighting the progress of four world-class athletes from the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem as they prepare to fly the flag for Palestine at the Olympics here in London in July.
Thanks for looking!
— Pam