Mount of Olives military base protest

Controversial plan for military base condemned

Site of the proposed military academy with arrow indications, Mount of Olives | Photo: Photo: Jonathan Adams.

Quaker campaigners have condemned proposals for an Israeli military base on the Mount of Olives. The plan has caused controversy because the Mount has sacred significance for Christians, Jews and Muslims. It is also on Palestinian land that is widely perceived to be occupied by Israel.

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