ABSTRACT
Water merits a separate investigation because it is the life-blood of economic activity in the arid/semiarid climate that characterizes the Middle East. Agricultural cooperation has been studied in-depth only for cooperation between Egypt and Israel. Studies for cooperation among other pairs of economies (West Bank-Israel, Jordan-Israel) are in process. The Egyptian-Israeli agricultural cooperation study is based upon the high degree of complementarity between the two sectors. The complementarity is due to the different natural. The energy cooperation project is regional in its scope. There is potential for both general and specific cooperative projects. General cooperation would consist of integration of the power transmission grids of Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Lebanon. An adequate transportation infrastructure is a necessary precondition for any type of interregional cooperation, whether in trade, tourism, or economic and technological ventures. The reestablishment of the broken and inactive Middle Eastern transportation network would facilitate not only bilateral relations with Israel but also among the Arab countries.
