Safer Har Hazeisim Spurs Development, Higher Prices At least two major graves developments are being planned for Har Hazeisim in what has once again emerged as a preferred burial ground. Some sources say that as…
“Har Hazeisim is one of the holiest and most significant sites in Judaism which makes what your Committee is doing so important,” Former US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman told a capacity crowd in Monsey…
Yerushalayim…In what was deemed as unprecedented and historic, Housing and Construction Minister Rabbi Yitzhak Goldknopf announced a major budget of NIS 115 million (nearly $30 million) for the security and preservation of Har Hazeisim. The…
The security and development of the 3000-year-old cemetery on Har Hazeisim has emerged as a leading focus of the current Israeli government in dramatically stepping up efforts to preserve and secure the historic mountain. The…
Jerusalem, Israel, MAY 11, 2023 — The past few weeks have been an extremely emotional period for Jews as memorials remembered those who gave their lives as martyrs in the Holocaust and as heroes in…
New York…Meeting with a leadership group of the International Committee on Har Hazeisim (ICHH), Rabbi Meir Porush strongly reaffirmed his Ministry’s commitment to secure the 3000 year-old cemetery. Rabbi Porush, who is Israel’s Minister of…
Following in the footsteps of the 23rd Knesset which made history when it established a Caucus on the security of Israel’s Har Hazeisim, the current 25th Knesset has re-established the caucus. This comes on the…
The recently concluded coalition agreement between Likud and Shas and United Torah Judaism (UTJ) for the first time includes a provision for increased government funding for stepped-up security on Har Hazeisim. The religious parties fulfilled…
Israeli Police Officials to ICHH Chairman: New Security Measures Resulted in Major Drop of Incidents on Har Hazeisim In a meeting with Avraham Lubinsky, chairman of the International Committee for Har Hazeisim, leading Yerushalayim police…
Urges IDF to Reinforce Security of Historic Cemetery Although it has been 5 years since any graves were desecrated on Har Hazeisim, the recent defacement of two tombstones of IDF fighters prompted a strong…