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Source: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1222017612406&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Swedes Relocate West Bank Firm to Within "Green Line"

[Jerusalem Post] Tovah Lazaroff - Assa Abloy, a Swedish-based locksmith company that operates the Mul-T-Lock factory in the West Bank's Barkan Industrial Park, announced this week that it was relocating to within the "green line" for political reasons. The factory, which first opened in 1984 and was acquired by the Swedish company in 2000, employs 100 people. Gershon Mesika, head of the Samaria Regional Council, which operates the Barkan industrial site, home to 120 businesses, said there was a waiting list of 30 companies that wanted to move in. His spokesman, David Ha'ivri, said the businesses are an important source of employment for both Israelis and Palestinians in the area, noting that out of the 6,000 workers in the park, some 3,500 are Palestinians. "Jews and Arabs are working together, and this is the true meaning of coexistence," he said.

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