Atlanta Jewish Times looks at Palestine, the pandemic, and the private sector
25 June 2020
The Palestinian Authority is being praised for how efficiently it has handled the COVID -19 pandemic resulting in popularity and renewed trust in the government, writes Patrice Worthy. However, the Palestinian economy has suffered, and founder of Rawabi and Chairman of the board at Massar International Bashar Masri says the success of Palestine is largely due to the private sector. According to Masri, the PA does not have a stimulus package, and Masri says they are now asking the private sector to put up even more money.
“When the emergency was declared we in the private sector jumped in to assist the government effort because we know they were not ready for this,” Masri says.
As the founder of Rawabi a high-tech city and the first planned city built by Palestinians for Palestinians in the West Bank, Masri is against the recently proposed annexation of the West Bank.
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