Palestinian developer Bashar Masri and Qatar-backed financing of Rawabi housing project

Palestinian developer Bashar Masri and Qatar-backed financing of Rawabi housing project The passage provides background on Masri’s business activities and Qatar’s financial stake in the Rawabi project, but offers no concrete allegations, transactions, or links to high‑level officials that would merit immediate investigative action. It is mainly descriptive and lacks novel, actionable leads. Key insights: Bashar Masri is founder/CEO of Massar International, a conglomerate financing one‑third of Rawabi.; Qatar Diar, Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund arm, provides two‑thirds of Rawabi’s funding via Bayti Real Estate Investment Company.; Massar’s portfolio includes private‑equity in agriculture, natural gas, travel agencies in Jordan, brokerage firms in Serbia, and export of Palestinian produce.