A Palestinian businessman applies to get the contract.

A planned meeting between Israeli and Palestinian businessmen was postponed due to recent fighting.

Israel eased the restrictions a bit on Wednesday, permitting 4,000 Palestinian businessmen and workers to enter Israel.

On the surface, a strike is a somewhat baffling tactic, since it hurts the Palestinian businessmen themselves.

They sold the plane in 1998 to a Palestinian businessman for the same purpose, where it was indeed used as a restaurant.

As others have pointed out, this was bought by a Palestinian businessman for a business venture that failed.

The clientele is a pleasant mix of Palestinian businessmen and foreign aid workers based in the neighbourhood.

Several Palestinian businessmen and economists said the project made little sense.

Palestinian businessmen talk of building hotels and maybe even a casino.

"We're losing about $10,000 a month," said Mr. Siniora, who covers the deficit himself and with contributions from Palestinian businessmen.