24.05.2011                      20.Ijar, 5771                      Tag 35 des Omer

Jerusalem:

Jerusalemites clash with gov't over future of Nature Museum

Area residents say plan to set up a new college will destroy the community park they built in the old museum's yard.

The cabinet is expected to decide next week to set up a new college run by the Shalem Center in the old Nature Museum building in the capital's German Colony, despite the neighborhood residents' opposition. The residents say the plan will destroy the community park they built in the museum's yard, one of the city's most beautiful communal projects.
The residents also fear the prime minister's close connections to the heads of the Shalem Center, a Jerusalem-based conservative, right-wing think tank, will sway the cabinet to rule against them….