Council for Conservation of Heritage Sites in Israel ( he, המועצה לשימור אתרי מורשת בישראל), also Society for the Preservation of Israel Heritage Sites (SPIHS),
COVID-19-times news at the JNF website. Accessed August 2020. is a registered nonprofit non-governmental association ( he, עמותה, ''amutah'') acting to protect and preserve buildings and sites of historic value "related to Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
's pathway to independence", built in or after the year 1700 and not covered by the national Antiquities Law.
History
A decision of the Knesset
The Knesset ( he, הַכְּנֶסֶת ; "gathering" or "assembly") is the unicameral legislature of Israel. As the supreme state body, the Knesset is sovereign and thus has complete control of the entirety of the Israeli government (wit ...
Education Committee led to the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel
Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel ( he, החברה להגנת הטבע, ''HaHevra LeHaganat HaTeva''), or SPNI, is an Israeli non-profit environmental organization working to preserve plants, animals, and natural environments that repr ...
(SPNI) establishing SPIHS in 1984; SPIHS activated under the auspices of the SPNI until the end of 2007, in January 2008 becoming an independent NGO
A non-governmental organization (NGO) or non-governmental organisation (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government. They are typically nonprofit entities, and many of them are active in h ...
.[ The association maintains its own list of heritage sites, which should not be confused with the list of National Heritage Sites defined by the Israeli government's "Landmarks" program ( he, ציוני דרך).
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References
External links
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