The Nakba, Intel, and Kiryat Gat

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9705.shtml The Nakba, Intel, and Kiryat Gat Henry Norr, The Electronic Intifada, 23 July 2008 Intel's Fab 28 facility in Kiryat Gat. (Intel) In an extravagant ceremony that featured acrobats, drummers, a children's choir, and speeches by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (in person) and the two top executives of chipmaker Intel Corp. (on giant video screens), the company this month dedicated a new, state-of-the-art chip-manufacturing plant in the south-central Israeli town of Kiryat Gat.The hoopla is understandable, from the Intel and Israeli perspectives. The new facility, known as Fab 28, is the largest private-sector investment ever made in Israel: the company has sunk $3 billion into it, and the Israeli government kicked in another $525 million. Since the groundbreaking 28 months... [read full story]