National Defense College to move to Mount of Olives
On Monday, the Interior Ministry approved relocating the National Defense College to a new building on the Mount of Olives in 'east' Jerusalem. Israel's Left has gone ballistic over it, but so far, the 'international community' does not seem to have noticed. Give them a day or two for Israel's Leftists to rile them up. The Interior Ministry gave its initial approval for the construction of facilities for a military college in east Jerusalem on Monday, which will be located on the Mount of Olives.This is just preliminary. Full approval will take another year.
The 42,000-square-meter structure of the National Defense College is planned for an open area between the Beit Orot Yeshiva and Hebrew University’s Mount Scopus campus, within a few hundred meters of the Old City and with a commanding view of the Temple Mount.
Left-wing groups slammed the approval.
“This is a crazy plan to build a military college in one of the most sensitive areas under dispute,” said Hagit Ofran, who oversees Peace Now’s Settlement Watch division.
“This will inevitably harm the status of the State of Israel and the IDF in the world... People in the world respect our army as part of our sovereignty, but to put this in a very sensitive area, you’re inviting them to boycott the Israeli army.”
The area was originally earmarked for the new Supreme Court, which was eventually built in the Government Quarter near downtown Jerusalem.
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat has touted the college in the past as a way to attract young, working people to the city.
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Labels: East Jerusalem, IDF, Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, Mount of Olives, Peace Now
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 10:08 AM
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