France-based utility giant Suez Environnement says it has decided not to take part in a cable car project linking west Jerusalem to the eastern sector because of political sensitivities.
The project, run by Jerusalem city council, has stoked controversy over the Israeli cable car’s planned route which passes from the Cinematheque theater through parts of mostly Arab east Jerusalem.
A view of the Cinematheque, nestled between the Begin Center (on the right) and the Mount Zion Hotel (photo credit: Nati Shochat/Flash 90)
“To avoid any political interpretation, Suez Environnement has decided not to take part in this project,” it says.
Suez says its involvement in the project was limited to a feasibility study carried out by the consultancy firm SAFEGE, one of its subsidiaries.
“SAFEGE fulfilled a contract for the Jerusalem municipality between June and November 2013, carrying out a feasibility study, from a technical perspective, on a public cable car system in Jerusalem,” it says.
The Palestinians oppose any Israeli construction in the eastern sector, that they want as the capital of a future state of their own.
— AFP
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