The Palestine-Israel Issue in the Post-Covid-19 Era — From the Perspective of Neocolonialism

Abstract Strictly speaking, the economic relationship between Israel and Palestine cannot be simply defined as neocolonial occupation, but are closely related to neo-colonialism, in terms of control, dependence, resistance, exploitation, monopoly and interference. Therefore, neo-colonialism can be used as a perspective to analyse the economic relations between Palestine and Israel. Although the two sides have always been in a relatively hostile relationship, due to years of stalemate and Israeli economic control, the two sides have formed an interdependent economic relationship, where Israel has a relatively dominant position in the relations, thanks to its long-term occupation and control over the land, while the Palestinian economy will continue to remain highly dependent on Israel, despite its official efforts to achieve economic disengagement. In this case, Israel is reluctant to sever the relationship, and Palestine is unable to decouple from the Israeli economy. The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic has made the prospects for Palestinian-Israeli peace talks even bleaker. As the peace process continues to stall, a settlement to resolve the dispute between Israel and the Palestinians remains highly unlikely.