RubinReports: Power to the Power Brokers!

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Friday, April 24, 2009

Power to the Power Brokers!

Remember when a big--false--story in the Western media was how mean old Israel was denying Gazans' power? There were all sorts of statistical manipulations to exaggerate the cutbacks, including the famous incident when the PA council pulled the curtains on all the windows and lit candles to make it seem they were meeting during a power blackout.

Well now it has come out that the Palestinian power company has been--even despite the war in Gaza--making huge profits. And who owns it? Why people very close to the Palestinian Authority leadership of course!