 On February 27, 2000, a young businessman, Gadi Rejwan, who owned a factory in Atarot, was shot to death by one of his Arab workers.Before the Intifada, the park housed over 200 companies including Coca-Cola, Mercedes-Benz, Israel Aircraft Industries, and many Arab-owned and joint enterprises.Some 4,000 people were employed prior to 2000, Arabs from Jerusalem and the West Bank comprising about two-thirds.