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The Palestinian city that mimics its colonizers
The West Bank city of Rawabi illustrates how Palestinian capitalists are trying — and failing — to form a middle class by mirroring Israel's neoliberal policies.
By
Matan Kaminer
August 29, 2021
We have a partner for peace, his name is Mahmoud Abbas
Following a meeting with President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, Orly Noy is left with just one question: who is the real partner for peace here? I was invited to join a delegation of Palestinian citizens of Israel, most of them residents of Jaffa, to Ramallah on Sunday, in order to meet with the Committee for…
By
Orly Noy
February 20, 2017
The Tunisian star who filled Palestinians with hope — for one night
For one night, Tunisian megastar Saber Rebaï brought Palestinians in the West Bank just a modicum of normalcy. Rawabi, Arabic for “hills,” is a sleek name for a Palestinian city that was recently built between Jerusalem and Ramallah. Surrounded by settlements on all sides, the place looks like a standard Israeli bedroom community and has been dubbed “the…
By
Samah Salaime
August 23, 2016
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The dehydration of economic peace
The irony of Rawabi is that everyone, in both Israel and Palestine, seems to want it to happen. Nevertheless, Palestine’s first planned city still lacks a stable water connection, its continued cash flow is threatened and despite their best intentions, interested parties the globe-over cannot bring the project any farther forward. Officials involved in the project say…
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+972 Magazine
October 2, 2014
From resistance to existence: A week in photos – November 1-6
This week: Palestinians demonstrate against the Israeli separation wall and U.S. foreign policy, construction and demolition of Palestinian homes, Afghan asylum seekers struggle in Europe, a funeral for a Palestinian who died in Israeli custody, a hearing on the Prawer-Begin Plan, animal rights activists in Tel Aviv, and Palestinians seek water access in the Jordan…
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Activestills
November 7, 2013
So this Arab tries to buy a settlement. No, for real. (UPDATED)
The Arabs can’t have our land. And they can’t have our young girls, either. And they certainly can’t have our settlements! What happens when a Palestinian tries to buy a settlement? You heard me: buy a settlement. Well, for this you’d have to ask Palestinian businessman Bashar al-Masri. Ever since al Masri announced his company…
By
Ami Kaufman
January 10, 2011
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