05.01.2011                     29.Tevet, 5771

Lobbyarbeit:

Gas barons dig for gold, in Knesset

Representatives from no less than five lobbying firms and batteries of public-relations people descended on the Knesset, in a massive effort to paint the argument over royalties on natural resources in nationalist colors.

Representatives from no less than five lobbying firms and batteries of public-relations people descended on the Knesset yesterday, in a massive effort to paint the argument over royalties on natural resources in nationalist colors. Instead of arguing over how many percent of profit the government (read, the public ) should get from the exploitation of the vast reserves of gas found in the sea bed, urge the lobbyists on behalf of the gas companies – talk in terms of "blue and white industry."…