The builder of the first planned Palestinian city in the West Bank confirms Israel has agreed to connect Rawabi to its water grid, ending months of costly delays.
Rawabi, a state-of-the-art city, is to have 6,000 apartments, a mall and an amphitheater. It is the West Bank’s largest private investment project, totaling more than $1 billion, and is seen as a symbol of Palestinian state building.
Developer Bashar Masri says that the wrangling over the water had put off potential buyers and forced him to slow construction. Masri adds he now hopes to hand over 650 apartments by early summer.
Palestinian entrepreneur Bashar Masri in front of his residential project of Rawabi, on February 23, 2014 (photo credit: Hadas Parush/Flash 90)
Israel has said it has an interest in seeing Rawabi being built, but has caused repeated delays, prompting intervention by senior Western officials in the city’s behalf.
— AP
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