Monday, August 15, 2011

Jewish Housing Project Again May End Up in Arab Hands


Jerusalem businessman Rami Levy says a dispute forced him to scrap deal to keep Jewish homes out of Arab hands.
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
Published: 15/08/11, 12:41 PM

Nof Tzion
Nof Tzion
Haggai Huberman
Jerusalem supermarket owner Rami Levy says a disagreement has forced him to pull out of a deal to keep the Nof Tzion housing project in Jerusalem out of Arab hands.
Levy acted several months ago to save the troubled project from being taken over by American-Arab Bashar al-Masri, who was set to buy out the assets of the development initiated by Digal Investment and Holdings.
The project was built for 395 Jewish families, but only 91 people so far have bought apartments, leaving Digal in financial difficulties with banks.
News that the project for Jews in eastern Jerusalem was about to be bought out by a pro-Palestinian Authority investor prompted Levy to step into the breach. He and Australian Kevin Bermeister agreed to buy Digal’s assets, including Nof Tzion, for 123 million shekels ($35 million). Read the rest on: Arutz7


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