Bill Ward wrote: > If I had sent you a slide showing the state of the Israeli economy, it > would have pretty much been an upside down version of the numbers of > deaths. Israelis are suffering, Israeli Arabs even more, and the > Palestinian Arabs still more.
It should be noted, though, that there is one industry that benefits and grows from this, and that it is the #1 export industry of Israel: The "security" industry. (Pretty ironic in the least secure country.) Note the term _export_ industry -- i.e. it has a vested interest in other countries becoming unsafe too, as in 9/11, Iraq "liberation" etc. As the Swedish journalist Peter Lagerquist reported in Le Monde Diplomatique[1], the "security" industry was said to have an annual growth rate of 9% already before 9/11 and was projected to be a $200 billion business by 2010, mostly in the hands of Israelis. After 9/11, the perspectives are even "better" (for that industry). As Jonathan Tal, former boss of the security industry, put it: "People think we can do everything the Mossad can do -- I think we can benefit from the trademark Israel." [1] http://monde-diplomatique.de/pm/2002/10/11/a0025.text.name,askoa3mLR.n,39 (article in German only) Chris ________________________________________________________________________ "This agreement promises only false hope. By what right are left-wingers proposing moves that Israel can never make nor will ever make?" --Ariel Sharon on the ME bilateral peace plan negotiated in Switzerland ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
