intermediary

This is taking the side of local banks, other financial intermediaries and any business that has access to dollars and makes payroll in pesos.

Buyers and intermediaries don’t expect the pace of credit secondaries to slow anytime soon and many have made sure they are well armed with capital to take advantage of future opportunities.

Egyptian and Qatari officials will be the intermediaries, and the Americans who will also be there will be a major influence, perhaps a decisive one.

They explain that intermediaries, or middlemen, may offer them as little as $5.50 per bag, but after paying for thread and transport, they often earn as little as $1.50 - excluding the time spent weaving.

Last month, said Nizar Dughmush, the head of a prominent tribe in Gaza City, he was contacted by a militiaman who claimed he was an intermediary from the Israeli military.