Opening trade could ease West Bank tensions

Published December 29, 2011 5:00am ET



RAMALLAH – The bustling streets of Ramallah in the West Bank are a shopper’s dream. On Thursday, walking down Main Street, I passed stalls of fruits, vegetables and nuts, stores filled with clothes, jewelry and electronics, and even a Stars and Bucks selling coffee. Men stood on the corner near Al-Manara Circle changing wads of Israeli shekels to American dollars and Jordanian dinars for commercial transactions and personal savings.

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