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[Palestinian Authority] PA Towns Surrounded by Jews Enjoy 0% Unemployment
INN ^ | 5/11/2015, 7:24 PM | (Arutz Sheva Staff)

Posted on 05/13/2015 12:27:47 AM PDT by Olog-hai

Three Palestinian Arab towns in western Samaria that are surrounded by Jewish communities and seemingly “cut off” from the rest of the the Palestinian Authority (PA) are actually doing quite well for themselves, according to a report by the PA-based Safa news agency cited by blogger Elder of Ziyon.

The towns—Mas-ha, Qarawat Bani Hassan and Biddya—are bordered by Elkana on the west and Barkan on the east, and as the blogger notes, they form “islands of Arab brown among a sea of Jewish blue areas,” in a map provided by the pro-Palestinian B’tselem.

While PA propaganda portrays Jewish settlements as “strangling” Arab towns, the Safa article, in Arabic, actually says that the towns have an amazing zero percent unemployment rate. …

(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Israel
KEYWORDS: barkan; biddya; elkana; israel; masha; palestinians; qarawatbanihassan; rop; unemployment

1 posted on 05/13/2015 12:27:47 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Still, the Zionist occupier has destroyed Arab sovereignty, and prevents common-sense Islamic legal practices, such as burning a family to death in their own house because they are suspected of having alcoholic beverages.


2 posted on 05/13/2015 2:03:08 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
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3 posted on 05/13/2015 4:25:36 AM PDT by SJackson (I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes)
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To: Olog-hai

Government’s Lust for Power Creates Poverty.


4 posted on 05/13/2015 5:44:08 AM PDT by captain_dave
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