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Source: http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/07/25/wmid25.xml
Palestinians "Made Millions" Selling Cheap Cement for Israel's Security Barrier
(Telegraph-UK) Inigo Gilmore - Palestinian businessmen have made millions supplying cement for Israel's "security barrier" with the full knowledge of Yasser Arafat, according to a damning report by Palestinian legislators. The report reveals that the cement originally came from Egyptian companies which supplied it at a huge discount to help rebuild dilapidated Palestinian houses or buildings bulldozed by the Israelis. Between September 2003 and March 2004, 420,000 tons of cement were allegedly sent to three big Palestinian companies; however, only 33,000 tons were sold in the Palestinian market.