Rawabi

By Jan Selby | MEMO | September 17, 2015 In February this year, the new Palestinian town of Rawabi at last managed to secure a water supply, after several years of acrimonious negotiations with the Israeli and Palestinian authorities. With the greatest obstacle to populating Rawabi overcome, the first 200 families of this planned “shining […]

MEMO | February 16, 2015 Israeli Minister of National Infrastructure, Energy and Water, Silvan Shalom, banned water connection to the new West Bank Palestinian city of Rawabi, which is to house around 40,000 Palestinian families, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported yesterday. Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya’alon and the Coordinator of the Israeli Government Activities in the […]