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People
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Organizations
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Locations
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Events
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Relationships
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Summary
This document appears to be a page from an article or report describing a visit to the planned Palestinian city of Rawabi. The author traveled with a group organized by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) and describes the ambitious construction plans, including housing for 45,000 people and amenities funded in part by USAID. The document bears a House Oversight footer, suggesting it was part of a congressional document production.
People (3)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Unnamed Author | Author/Visitor |
Visited Rawabi with national security professionals; took photos mentioned in the article.
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| Unnamed Palestinian Engineer | Guide/Engineer |
Young female engineer who guided the group around the construction site.
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| Unidentified Male Speaker | Commentator |
Quoted saying 'This could be a huge, iconic victory...'
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Organizations (2)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Foundation for Defense of Democracies |
Washington, DC-based think tank that organized the trip.
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| U.S. Agency for International Development |
Organization helping build schools in Rawabi.
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Locations (4)
| Location | Context |
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City in Palestine under construction; visited by the author.
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Location of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
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Neighborhood name in Rawabi.
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Neighborhood name in Rawabi.
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Relationships (1)
I visited Rawabi... as part of a trip organized by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Key Quotes (3)
"This could be a huge, iconic victory for the whole strategy of building Palestine from the bottom up rather than trying to build it at the negotiating table"Source
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"When the city is completed, she said, it will house 45,000 people in 23 distinct neighborhoods"Source
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Quote #2
"(Rawabi is Arabic for 'Hills'.)"Source
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2010, witnessed some of the political
discussions that accompanied the project's
creation. "This could be a huge, iconic
victory for the whole strategy of building
Palestine from the bottom up rather than
trying to build it at the negotiating table,"
he says.
Its success would prove just how much
power Palestinians can, and indeed already
do, have in shaping their future. And its
failure could prove the exact opposite.
I visited Rawabi two weeks ago with a
group of national security professionals, as
part of a trip organized by the Foundation
for Defense of Democracies, a Washington,
DC-based think tank. (All of the photos in
the body of the article are mine.) We were
taken around the construction site by a
young Palestinian engineer who conveyed
the vast ambition underlying the project:
When the city is completed, she said, it will
house 45,000 people in 23 distinct
neighborhoods with innocuous, nature-
based names like "Flint," and "Hard Rock".
(Rawabi is Arabic for "Hills".) There will
be eight schools -- some of them built with
the help of the U.S. Agency for
International Development -- a "huge
park," a convention center, an 850-seat
indoor theater, and a 20,000-seat
amphitheater carved into a hillside.
Most ambitiously, there will be a
commercial center that developers hope
discussions that accompanied the project's
creation. "This could be a huge, iconic
victory for the whole strategy of building
Palestine from the bottom up rather than
trying to build it at the negotiating table,"
he says.
Its success would prove just how much
power Palestinians can, and indeed already
do, have in shaping their future. And its
failure could prove the exact opposite.
I visited Rawabi two weeks ago with a
group of national security professionals, as
part of a trip organized by the Foundation
for Defense of Democracies, a Washington,
DC-based think tank. (All of the photos in
the body of the article are mine.) We were
taken around the construction site by a
young Palestinian engineer who conveyed
the vast ambition underlying the project:
When the city is completed, she said, it will
house 45,000 people in 23 distinct
neighborhoods with innocuous, nature-
based names like "Flint," and "Hard Rock".
(Rawabi is Arabic for "Hills".) There will
be eight schools -- some of them built with
the help of the U.S. Agency for
International Development -- a "huge
park," a convention center, an 850-seat
indoor theater, and a 20,000-seat
amphitheater carved into a hillside.
Most ambitiously, there will be a
commercial center that developers hope
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