A delegation led by the brothers Abraham and Menachem Lubinsky, the founders of the Mount of Olives advocacy group International Committee for Har HaZeitim (ICHH) arrived in Israel from the US this week to sign the agreement that would see a visitors center built on the ancient site.
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"The center, which will be built 12 years after the founding of the ICHH, will include an information center, a synagogue, educational training center, library, two auditoriums, observation post, and much more," the ICHH said in a statement.
At the signing of the agreement, Minister of Jerusalem Affairs and Heritage Ze'ev Elkin said: "The connection to Jerusalem begins here on the Mount of Olives ... The Ministry of Jerusalem and Heritage, under my leadership, is investing significant resources in the development of the Mount of Olives, both in the visitors center and regular activities during the year which we promote. The more people who come, the more security and preservation there is."
Jerusalem Mayor, Moshe Leon, said at the signing of the Agreement that "we now have the opportunity to realize your dream. You mobilized the government and many others and together with our municipality, we are ready to go ahead." Abraham Lubinsky said that "together we are going to build a visitors center and we look forward to working with the government in order to complete the construction as quickly as possible". His brother Menachem Lubinsky, said, "We were like dreamers; who would have thought that such a Center would be built for use on the Mount of Olives. I wish that thousands of Jews will come daily to the Mount of Olives and know and be familiar with this great historic property."
