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Gaza agency working with Blair seized by Hamas
by Rob Walker | June 5, 2008 at 10:26 am | 116 views | add comment | 0 recommendations
Former British PM Tony Blair's signature project in the middle east - a Palestinian water agency - took a major step backwards today when Hamas soldiers took over the North Gaza Sewage Treatment Works project.
The project was set to build a water treatment plant and is critical in building supplies into Gaza, which Hamas Islamists seized a year ago.
Hamas has seized control of the Palestinian water agency that is spearheading Middle East envoy Tony Blair's signature project in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian and Western officials said on Thursday.Hamas's takeover of the Palestinian Water Authority in Gaza cements the group's control over the territory and could cast doubt on the future of the North Gaza Sewage Treatment Works project -- a centerpiece of an economic package touted by Blair to try to bolster the chances of a peace deal this year.
The seizure comes ahead of a planned tender by the Water Authority for building a water treatment plant, and amid delicate negotiations with Israel on bringing critical building supplies into Gaza, which Hamas Islamists seized a year ago.
June 5, 2008 at 10:26 am by Rob Walker, 116 views, add comment
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