Strategy for development cooperation with the West Bank and Gaza, July 2008 - December 2011 Reference No.: UD 08.028

Successful development cooperation with the West Bank and Gaza presupposes the existence of a political peace process that is based on international law and that has as its goal a permanent solution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the establishment of a Palestinian state. A future Palestinian state must be based on respect for human rights, democracy and the rule of law, and must be economically viable. The specific objectives of Swedish development cooperation with the West Bank and Gaza, therefore, are to promote peacebuilding and the peace process and to promote democratic Palestinian state-building.