(Washington Post) Jennifer Rubin - A plastics factory in Barkan, an industrial center, employs 80 people, half Jews and half Palestinians. Palestinian workers with the benefit of Israeli labor laws make 5,000-6,000 shekels a month; the average Palestinian wage is 1,300-1,500. Outside we talked to two Palestinian brothers. They said they have the nicest homes in their neighborhoods and are sending their children to college. Even a short time on the West Bank leaves one suspecting that for all the talk that the present situation is "unsustainable," the alternatives are as well.
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