More than 3,000 students a year graduate from computer science and engineering programs in the West Bank, creating a surplus of young talent to feed the Startup Nation’s tech needs. Rawabi, a flagship Palestinian tech hub, is a $1.4 billion planned city located between Modiin (in Israel) and Ramallah (in the West Bank). The brainchild of Bashar Masri, a Palestinian-American billionaire who made his fortune from real estate projects in Morocco, Jordan and Egypt; Rawabi aims to generate thousands of new permanent jobs in the city, the Times of Isreal reports.
As Israel faces tech workers squeeze, Palestinians offer skilled talent pool, reports Times of Israel
3 December 2018
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