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Givat Massuah
Neighborhood in southwestern Jerusalem
Neighborhood in southwestern Jerusalem
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Givat Massuah |
| native_name | גבעת משואה |
| native_name_lang | he |
| settlement_type | Neighborhood |
| image_skyline | Givat Masuaa Jerusalem.jpg |
| image_caption | A street in Givat Massuah |
| pushpin_map | Jerusalem |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Jerusalem |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | City |
| subdivision_name | Jerusalem |
| established_title | Established |
| established_date | 1996 |
| population_total | 1,100 families |
Givat Massuah () is a new neighborhood in the southwest outskirts of Jerusalem, overlooking Malha and the Rekhes Lavan valley. It has a population of 1,100 families, mainly secular and Orthodox Jews.
Established in 1996, Givat Massuah is built in a modern style and has many parks, trees and playgrounds. Local services include a grocery store, barber shop and bakery, alongside two medical facilities, several kindergartens and an elementary school, three Orthodox synagogues, a Bnei Akiva and a Scouting branch.
History
The planning of the neighbourhood began in 1974 by the Ministry of Housing as part of a five-year plan to add 30,000 housing units in Jerusalem. After the plan prioritized development in northern Jerusalem, including the establishment of the Pisgat Ze'ev neighbourhood, the construction of this neighbourhood was postponed. Actual construction began in the early 1990s.
In 2012, the National Housing Committee (Va’adat Diyur Leumi) for the Jerusalem District approved the "Moradot Meso'a" plan, which proposed building 490 housing units in the area between Givat Massuah and the Biblical Zoo, near the zoo’s fence. An expert opinion submitted on behalf of the zoo warned that construction could endanger the animals due to lighting, noise, and pollution. Opponents of the plan also provided expert opinions highlighting various risks to the physical and mental well-being of the zoo’s residents. In April 2017, the Jerusalem District Court rejected the construction plan due to potential harm to the animals’ living conditions.
In 2015, the film Abulele was filmed in the neighbourhood.
In May 2019, the Jerusalem Local Planning and Building Committee approved a plan to build 706 housing units in 21 buildings, one of which was planned to be 31 stories tall, on the neighbourhood’s last available land reserves in its northern section.
References
References
- [https://www.nli.org.il/he/newspapers/dav/1974/10/29/01/article/98?&dliv=none&e=-------he-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxTI--------------1] Preparing land for building, Davar, 9 October 1974.
- Yehiel Limor, [https://www.nli.org.il/he/newspapers/mar/1975/11/28/01/article/139?&dliv=none&e=-------he-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxTI--------------1] To where will Jerusalem expand - north or south?, Maariv, 28 November 1975.
- Esther Goldbersht, [https://www.nli.org.il/he/newspapers/mar/1990/08/24/01/article/148?&dliv=none&e=-------he-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxTI--------------1] Building the capital, Maariv, 24 August 1990.
- Nar HAson, [https://www.haaretz.co.il/news/education/2012-06-03/ty-article/0000017f-e0e5-d7b2-a77f-e3e769650000] Hundreds of housing units 60 metres from the Biblical Zoo, Haaretz, 3 June 2012.
- Moshe Gorali, [https://www.calcalist.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3646282,00.html] The animals need an external expert, Calcalist, 1 December 2014.
- Haddasah Schneider, [https://www.kolhair.co.il/realestate/90882] Givat Mesua expands and builds up, Kol hair, 14 May 2019.
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