Doron Peskin, Gil Feiler, pubblicato da Ynet News il 18.03.09

Una nuova iniziativa mira ad utilizzare l'offerta pubblica nella Striscia di Gaza al fine di aumentare i fondi necessari per la ricostruzione dopo l’offensiva israeliana. L’obiettivo dei gruppi islamici coinvolti è quello di accumulare circa $ 2 miliardi. Diverse organizzazioni arabe ed islamiche si sono impegnate per la ricostruzione della Striscia di Gaza, trascurando la conferenza dei donatori svoltasi a Sharm el-Sheik, in Egitto, nel mese di febbraio. Il nuovo gruppo è guidato da Wa'el Saqqa, presidente dell’ associazione ingegneri giordani, e’ destinato a raccogliere fondi per mezzo dell’ IPO - un'offerta pubblica. Saqqa non nasconde il fatto che l'investimento dei fondi raccolti dalla IPO saranno effettuati solo dopo che il governo a Gaza - vale a dire quello di Hamas – verra’ consultato.

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Gaza to use IPO to raise aid funds

Doron Peskin, Gil Feiler, published 18.03.09

Various Arab and Islamic organizations have pledged to aid rebuilding war-torn Gaza Strip, while bluntly disregarding the donor conference held in Gaza's benefit in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, in February.

International community delegates attending the conference, including the United States, France and the United Arab Emirates, pledged $4 billions for the Strip, but vowed that Hamas would not see a single dollar.

The Arab world and the Islamist group, however, do not seem to take the pledge seriously, as various Islamic bodies have formed the "special Arab committee for the rehabilitation of Gaza," said to be based in Jordan.

The new group is headed by Wa'el Saqqa, president of Jordan's engineers association and it intended to raise funds for the fledgling Strip by means of an IPO – an initial public offering of Gaza "stocks."

The group is offering symbolic stocks for Arab institutions and tycoons, priced at 50 and 100 Jordanian dinars (roughly $70 and $140 respectively) per share. The group hopes to raise $2 billion.

Saqqa did not attempt to disguise the fact that the investment of the funds raised by the IPO will be made only after the proper government bodies in Gaza – i.e. Hamas ones – would be consulted.

In a press conference held on Saturday, he stressed that his committee intended on holding weekly video conference calls with Gaza representatives in order to discuss the Strip's rehabilitation.

A similar initiative has recently been taking shape in Tehran. The Iranians too do not intend to wait for the international community to donate funds to rebuild Gaza, nor do they wish to contend with any mechanism meant to prevent Hamas' access to the funds, since Iran aims to bolster the Islamist group's hold on Gaza.