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Article: Zone of contention
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- Jerusalem Post
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- June 11, 2004
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MARION FISCHEL
Jerusalem Post
06-11-2004
Headline: Zone of contention
Byline: MARION FISCHEL
Edition; In Jerusalem
Section: Features
Page: 12
Friday, June 11, 2004 -- Shai Segal has been engaging in a daily struggle to maintain his carpentry workshop in the Atarot industrial zone for the past few years.
Due to the security situation, no insurance company is willing to insure his business unless he pays for round- the-clock guard services, which he cannot afford. He has been continually losing money due to local Arab women who pilfer supplies after hours, breaking water pipes in the process. Despite high property taxes, the lack of municipal services means he has to bear the financial burden of ...