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Extraction Summary
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People
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Organizations
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Locations
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Events
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Report excerpt / article (house oversight committee evidence)
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Summary
This document appears to be a page from a report or article included in House Oversight Committee evidence (Bates stamped). It discusses 'Rawabi,' a planned Palestinian city in the West Bank, describing it as a private-sector, profit-led national project supported by Palestinian and Qatari investors. The text notes that the project was discussed during a September 2010 meeting between President Obama and Israeli officials, highlighting the geopolitical significance and bureaucratic challenges of the development.
People (3)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Danin | Subject/Interviewee |
Quoted expert analyzing the Rawabi project and Middle East politics.
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| Barack Obama | US President |
Met with Israeli officials in Washington in September 2010 where Rawabi was discussed.
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| Minister of Defense | Government Official (Israel) |
Mentioned hypothetically in a quote regarding Israeli bureaucracy.
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Organizations (2)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Rawabi |
A Palestinian housing/city project being analyzed.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Source of the document (implied by Bates stamp HOUSE_OVERSIGHT).
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Timeline (1 events)
September 2010
President Barack Obama met with Israeli officials in Washington.
Washington
Barack Obama
Israeli officials
Locations (6)
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City/Project location.
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City with expensive housing.
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Region where Rawabi is located.
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Location of meeting between Obama and Israeli officials.
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Country mentioned regarding bureaucracy and cooperation.
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Region mentioned regarding investment.
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Relationships (2)
Met in Washington in September of 2010.
He expressed little doubt when I asked him...
Key Quotes (2)
""This is a Palestinian national project," he said. "It is the best of what is possible in that it's private sector-led, and it's profit-making led.""Source
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""In Israel, if the Minister of Defense says I want something, it's not that the system thwarts it. But the system is so decentralized that ultimately it takes a lot of steps to get it translated into action,""Source
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Danin believes that Rawabi's Palestinian and Qatari investors made a wise decision. Housing in Ramallah is expensive, and Danin says that there is a sizable and highly-educated Palestinian middle class in need of an alternative to the West Bank's de-facto capital. He expressed little doubt when I asked him if the West Bank economy could support Rawabi. "This is a Palestinian national project," he said. "It is the best of what is possible in that it's private sector-led, and it's profit-making led."
And it has supporters in high places. When President Barack Obama met with Israeli officials in Washington in September of 2010, Rawabi was on the agenda.
From one perspective, Rawabi is a historic investment in Palestine, as well as an unusually open point of cooperation between Israel and an Arab government. It could improve the lives of Palestinians, while convincing Israelis that they have nothing to fear from their neighbors' prosperity. But any attempts to change the status quo in the West Bank are fraught with difficulties.
There's Israeli bureaucracy to overcome. "In Israel, if the Minister of Defense says I want something, it's not that the system thwarts it. But the system is so decentralized that ultimately it takes a lot of steps to get it translated into action,"
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