Israeli Agency OKs Right-wing NGO's Plans to Build Large Visitors' Center in East Jerusalem

National Building Council overturns decision of appeals subcommittee to downsize Kedem Compound slated for construction in Silwan by Elad settler group. Appeals against the Compound submitted by Ir Amim, Emek Shaveh and other groups were partially accepted in June 2015, but have now been overruled following pressure from the Ministry of Justice. The appeals had asserted that the facility Elad seeks to build would damage antiquities, change the wall’s skyline, undercut the needs of the Palestinian population and would constitute a dangerous precedent for private, politicized building in the city’s most sensitive area.

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