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| Israeli companies win UN bids to reconstruct Gaza, angering Palestinians |
| 2012-05-25 |
| Palestinian Contractors Union forbids members to collaborate with Israelis A number of Israeli companies have recently won UN tenders for reconstruction projects in the Gaza Strip, enraging Palestinian contractors who claim they were outbid by the country that destroyed their infrastructure. More than three years after Israel inflicted widespread damage on the infrastructure of the Gaza Strip during Operation Cast Lead, an offensive aimed at curtailing relentless Hamas rocket fire into Israel, two Israeli companies won bids issued by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to construct water plants in Gaza, London-based daily Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported Thursday. Osama Kahil, deputy head of the Palestinian Contractors Union, told the daily that a number of Israeli companies have contacted contractors in Gaza offering them half of the bids' revenue to execute the projects. "It is unreasonable for the Israeli occupation to be rewarded for its destruction of Gaza's economy," Kahil told Al-Quds Al-Arabi. "It waged a relentless war on our livelihood, and now our markets are being opened to its companies." Kahil said his union sent letters to all contractors in Gaza, warning them against cooperation with Israeli companies. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #6 how safe will it be for these Israeli workers, did they include in the bid security? |
| Posted by: Jan 2012-05-25 22:04 |
| #5 yeah, fricking Nostradamus of the Burg™ you are :-) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2012-05-25 21:07 |
| #4 Prediction: Seething™... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2012-05-25 20:54 |
| #3 I'm all for them doing their own work, pumping their own water, eating their own food, working at their own jobs and earning their own money. Well, since they don't do any of the above they jolly well need to shut the fuck up. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2012-05-25 14:50 |
| #2 Yet more evidence that Allan has chosen the Juices and Crusaders to drag his people, kicking and screaming, into the modern world. And as a practical matter, I can see certain efficiencies in using the same systems for both targeting and generating repair orders. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2012-05-25 12:47 |
| #1 Forgidding fellow Gazookians from drinking or bathing in the evil Jewish water appears to be the only viable solution. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-05-25 12:01 |