Ahmet in Tunisia sent me this: "Asad, one of
the biggest PR scam of the past decade has been engineered by Erdogan
and Turkey for which many Arabs and Muslims fell : "The concession agreement between
Turkish foreign developers and the PA’s Palestinian Industrial Estate
and Free Zone Authority, leaked exclusively to The Electronic Intifada,
reveals that the industrial zone in Jenin will come under the full
control of the foreign power funding the project. If the plan goes
forward, this agreement may well set a dangerous precedent for predatory
industrialists and multinational companies in the occupied West Bank
and Gaza Strip.
The land in question lies in
the Marj Ibn Amer Valley, and is valuable for two — seemingly
conflicting — reasons: its strategic positioning for export
trade and its fruitful fertility. If converted to industrial use, it
will be lost to agriculture forever. Like many Palestinians, farmers in
the Marj Ibn Amer Valley have lost their land before — but until now, it
has always been to Israel. Now
farmers must resist theft from their own so-called government that
intends to use it to create an industrial zone beyond the reach of
Palestinian law and on which no Palestinian will have a right to set
foot without the permission of the foreign corporation controlling it."
regards,"
