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"Mashhour Abu Daqa, a former Palestinian telecommunications minister, ... believes Israeli carriers were behind the ban, trying to protect their interest in the

by huac 11y ago

"Mashhour Abu Daqa, a former Palestinian telecommunications minister, ... believes Israeli carriers were behind the ban, trying to protect their interest in the captive Palestinian market." this logic of economic subjugation (which I'm sure happens in other industries as well) reminds me of how the European powers treated their colonies - places to extract natural resources from and sell their surplus goods to at monopoly prices

Papirola 11y ago
not quite. carriers in Israel behaved in the same cartel fashion towards the Israeli market up until not so long ago when the government broke it: http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/business/.premium-1.651091 http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/business/.premium-1.65109... (paywall)