Israel to let water flow to West Bank development at center of political feud

Israel’s prime minister has intervened to approve water links to the newly constructed Palestinian city of Rawabi in the West Bank as the showdown spilled into upcoming election. (Courtesy of Courtesy of Bayti Real Estate Investment Company)

By Anne-Marie O'Connor and William
Booth February 27 at 9:21 AM
JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has intervened to allow the newly constructed Palestinian city of Rawabi in the West Bank to connect to Israeli-controlled water sources, Israeli senior officials said Friday.

The city of Rawabi in the West Bank has a 12,000-seat Romanesque theater, a shopping mall, restaurants but no water. The homes in this mountaintop city sit empty as the Israeli government has refused to allow the city to be linked to the water system. (Anne-Marie O'Connor and Divya Jeswani Verma/The Washington Post)

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