The Israeli government has recently rejected a Turkish offer to build an almost 1 billion dollar medical facility in Israel, which, if realized, could have boosted peace prospects between Israel and Palestinians, an Israeli daily said.
The facility, dubbed the "peace campus," was planned to be on the Israeli side of the Jalameh crossing, a checkpoint on the Green Line. Influential Turkish businessman Ali Dogramaci pledged to provide $850 million to build the medical compound, which would consist of a 200-bed children's hospital, an outpatient clinic staffed by specialists and a hotel to accommodate the families of Palestinian patients. The patients would be cared for by Israeli, Palestinian and foreign national doctors, nurses and auxiliary staff. Employees would live in buildings within the compound, which would also encompass schools, a shopping and entertainment complex and a sports center.
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