[SIZE=5]Because of poverty, oppression and apartheid the Palestinians can only afford to build these humble looking refugee camps.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=5]Source : https://jcpa.org/article/luxury-alongside-poverty-in-the-palestinian-authority/ [/SIZE]
[SIZE=5]Plus a few homes of the top Hamas and PLO guys.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=5]@rexxsimba @Tarantinoh . So much poverty and apartheid. So much suffering.[/SIZE]
https://i0.wp.com/jcpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image33.jpeg?resize=450%2C243The Palestinian President’s Headquarters at Al Muqata’a in Ramallah59
[SIZE=7]A Photo Album of Palestinian Luxury in the West Bank[/SIZE]
[SIZE=5]Completing the Picture of Palestinian Life in the West Bank33[/SIZE]
Ramallah’s landscape is undergoing a transformation. Multi-story villas fronted by ornamental porticos and columns are rising on Ramallah’s hilltops along with glass and marble office buildings. There are newly paved roads. Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts opened Ramallah’s first five-star hotel. The 172-room, $40 million hotel boasts a head chef imported from Florence, a pastry chef from Paris, and a lobby bedecked in marble and Italian suede.
Across the West Bank, similar scenes are unfolding. Building cranes pierce the sky. Outside Nablus, new car dealerships sell everything from BMWs to Hyundais. In Ramallah, the Mercedes dealership does a brisk business selling luxury-class sports cars and sport-utility vehicles to wealthy Palestinians with sticker prices ranging from $100,000 to $200,000.
The Hirbawi Home Center opened just outside Jenin. The five-story shopping mall cost $5 million. Fireworks marked the opening. On the fifth floor in-demand electric gadgets may be found: enormous TV screens, vacuum cleaners, espresso machines.
The prices are not much cheaper than in Israel, perhaps except for the furniture. One can find china plates, crystal, and classical furniture. The chain’s CEO, Ziad Turabi, says, “We believe we can make a very handsome profit. Many people in the…territories have money but they have nowhere to spend it if they’re after quality. We offer them the best quality there is.”
This may not sound like the familiar description of the West Bank – the impoverished Palestinian village or the overcrowded refugee camp, a population sustaining itself on international aid. But it turns out that quite a few Palestinians consider a plasma screen, a surround sound stereo and comfortable chairs to be fairly essential items.
[SIZE=5]The West Bank: Cities and Towns Featured in the Photos[/SIZE]
https://i0.wp.com/jcpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image7.jpeg?resize=500%2C599The West Bank[SIZE=5]Ramallah[/SIZE]
“In Ramallah it is difficult to get a table in a good restaurant. There are new apartment buildings, banks, brokerage firms, luxury car dealerships and health clubs.”34
https://i2.wp.com/jcpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image8.jpg?resize=450%2C638The Palestine Trade Tower in Ramallah is claimed to be the tallest building in the Palestinian Authority.35https://i2.wp.com/jcpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image9.png?resize=450%2C347Bank of Palestine in Ramallah36https://i0.wp.com/jcpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image10.jpeg?resize=450%2C600Padico House in Ramallah37https://i0.wp.com/jcpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image11.jpeg?resize=450%2C600ASAL Technologies building in Ramallah38https://i0.wp.com/jcpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image12.jpeg?resize=450%2C676Palestine Red Crescent Building in Ramallah39https://i0.wp.com/jcpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image13_ed.jpeg?resize=450%2C540Jawwal cell phone company in el-Bireh, next to Ramallah40https://i2.wp.com/jcpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image14.jpeg?resize=450%2C600Ramallah tower41https://i2.wp.com/jcpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image15.png?resize=450%2C336Bank of Palestine42https://i2.wp.com/jcpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image16.jpeg?resize=450%2C338Plaza Mall in Al Bireh just north of Ramallah43https://i2.wp.com/jcpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image17.jpeg?resize=450%2C582Kerish Motor Mall in Beitunia, 3 km. west of Ramallah44https://i2.wp.com/jcpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image18.jpeg?resize=450%2C338The house of Yusuf al-Kifayah in Beitunia45https://i2.wp.com/jcpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image19.jpeg?resize=450%2C338Arab Mansion in Ramallah46https://i1.wp.com/jcpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image20.png?resize=450%2C410Ramallah47https://i0.wp.com/jcpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image21.png?resize=450%2C257The Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center in Ramallah48https://i1.wp.com/jcpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image22.jpeg?resize=450%2C332The Dubai building in Ramallah’s upscale Al-Masyoun neighborhood49https://i2.wp.com/jcpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image24.png?resize=450%2C337A villa in Ramallah50https://i1.wp.com/jcpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image25.jpeg?resize=450%2C300Ethiad, a new district of Ramallah51https://i0.wp.com/jcpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/image26.jpeg?resize=450%2C299Movenpick Hotel in Ramallah52
