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Jortn News · 2020-10-25
Writer and economic expert Omar Shaban, director of PalThink for Strategic Studies, posed what he described as an "innocent" question to the Palestinian Telecommunications Group, including Jawwal and Hadara, asking it to disclose the value and type of cash and in-kind aid it has provided to Gaza amid the spread of coronavirus and worsening health and social conditions. He also called for a detailed statement of these contributions alongside the revenues and profits generated from Gaza, framing this as part of the right to know, while the report noted the fragility of Gaza’s health sector and a growing social media campaign against telecom companies demanding lower prices.
Writer and economic expert Omar Shaban, director of PalThink for Strategic Studies, posed what he described as an "innocent" question to the Palestinian Telecommunications Group, including Jawwal and Hadara, asking it to disclose the value and type of cash and in-kind aid it has provided to Gaza am…
The writer and economic expert Omar Shaban, Director of PalThink for Strategic Studies, addressed what he described as an “innocent” question to the Palestine Telecommunications Group (Jawwal and Hadara) in light of the current health conditions in Gaza.
Shaban called on the telecommunications group to disclose the value of the assistance it has provided amid the spread of the coronavirus in the Gaza Strip, the poverty of health services, and the need of hospitals, as well as schools and kindergartens, for maintenance and cleaning.
He added: “With the growing rates of poverty and unemployment, and the needs of cancer patients and orphans, what is the value and type of the cash and in-kind assistance that you (the telecommunications group) have provided as part of social responsibility in these areas?”
Shaban called on the telecommunications companies to provide a detailed statement clarifying the value and type of the assistance, along with specifying the value of revenues and profits generated from the Gaza Strip, noting that this falls within the right to know and that it is their duty to respond.
The coronavirus spread around two months ago within the community in the Gaza Strip, which is considered one of the most densely populated places in the world, if not the most densely populated, and it records daily numbers of infections and some deaths.
According to observers and experts, the health sector in Gaza is fragile and weak and cannot confront the coronavirus if it spreads more widely than it has at present, which is what the government warns of, especially with the approach of winter.
It is worth noting that citizens and activists on social media are waging a major campaign against telecommunications companies, especially Jawwal, under the hashtag (#DownWithJawwal), demanding lower prices in light of the difficult living conditions.
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