reports on Rawabi, “the first planned city in Palestinian history […] (which means hills in Arabic)” and is “both the largest construction project and the largest private foreign investment ever made in the Palestinian territories. And given that it aims to do something rarely done in the Arab world — namely, provide affordable, desirable middle-class housing in a region where the wealth gap has led to conflict and revolution — it is being watched quite carefully at home and abroad."
“Despite the political obstacles, quite a bit of progress is already visible on this massive site under excavation in the West Bank. Since January 2010, new roads have been opened and concrete foundations have been set. When construction is complete, this craggy stretch of land 32 km north of Jerusalem will be transformed into a modern, 40,000-person metropolis.”
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