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Building Boom in Gaza


(Economist-UK) "Saudi City," a public housing estate replete with garages, tiled bathrooms and dishwashers that cost its Saudi sponsors $120 million, was built on land that Israel evacuated in 2005. Gaza is also experiencing a private construction boom, consisting of around 550 tower blocks. Turkey is investing large sums too, including $40 million for a teaching hospital for Hamas' Islamic University, which has obligingly added Turkish to its curriculum.
2012-08-24 00:00:00
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