Jerusalem, March 18, 2013
The
municipal administration of Jerusalem is intending to
take land from the Gornensky Convent in order to build
a tramline connecting residential neighborhoodsof
Jerusalem with the biggest medical centre in Israel -
the Hadassa Hospital. According to the municipal plans,
the branch line will pass only 10 meters away from All
Saints' Church.
Israeli law allows the requisition of up to 40% of private
area for government needs.
According to the website of the Russian
Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, some years ago
a road to the hospital was built through land the
Convent owns. There was no compensation for splitting
the territory in half with the building of the road.
Pravoslavie.ru
20 марта 2013 г.
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