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The planned cable car to Jerusalem's Old City. (Screenshot/Emek Shaveh)
From the WebMay 3, 2022, 7:24 pm
Plans to spice up Jerusalem with attractions could upend city’s delicate balance
The NY TImes reports on developer-backed projects that are stirring controversy in the capital, though they likely face years of battles before being realized
Priests pause on Palm Sunday on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, on Sunday, March 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
February 28, 2022, 10:23 pm
Expansion of East Jerusalem national park onto church-owned lands back on docket
Project reappears on municipal planning body’s website, with hearing date set for August 31; parks authority insists it has no plans to advance controversial initiative
By Jacob Magid
Nuns pose for a selfie as they mark Palm Sunday on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
February 21, 2022, 4:06 pm
Parks authority says it’s shelving Mount of Olives plan that angered church leaders
Plan to expand national park onto church-owned lands still appears on website of planning panel; parks authority: Project won’t be advanced without dialogue with church leaders
By Jacob Magid
The Church of the Russian Ascension, towering over the Mount of Olives, dates back to Helena, the mother of Byzantine emperor Constantine. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
February 20, 2022, 6:36 am
In 1st, Israel advancing plan to expand national park onto E. Jerusalem church lands
Visiting US lawmakers raise concern with PM about move slated to clear preliminary hurdle next month; church leaders blast plan to ‘nationalize one of Christianity’s holiest sites’
By Jacob Magid
The educational farm in the Hinnom Valley, Jerusalem. (Nurit Malkin/Zman Yisrael)
December 4, 2021, 4:07 am
A quest to recreate Davidic Jerusalem carves a valley of shadow Palestinians
Backed by the state, the Ir David Foundation’s activities in the Hinnom Valley are expanding into Arab olive groves to chisel out a view of history driven by ideology, critics say
By Nurit Malkin
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