Hebron's Tomb of Patriarchs elevator project to receive NIS 1.5 million

• Date: 29 December 2020
• Published date: 29 December 2020
• Author: TOVAH LAZAROFF

"It is enormously important to allow public sites to be accessible to the disabled, even more so for a sacred place like the Tomb of the Patriarchs," Knesset's Finance Committee chairman MK Moshe Gafni (UTJ) said.

The project has been controversial, with opponents arguing it disrupts the archaeological integrity of the site. Palestinians have also protested. In order to push forward the project the IDF had to expropriate the land needed for the project from the Palestinian...