Kiryat Menachem Begin, named after former Israeli Prime Minister

Menachem Begin Menachem Begin ( ''Menaḥem Begin'' (); pl, Menachem Begin (Polish documents, 1931–1937); ''Menakhem Volfovich Begin''; 16 August 1913 – 9 March 1992) was an Israeli politician, founder of Likud and the sixth Prime Minister of Israel. B ...

and also known as Kiryat HaMemshala, is a complex of government buildings in

East Jerusalem East Jerusalem (, ; , ) is the sector of Jerusalem that was held by Jordan during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, as opposed to the western sector of the city, West Jerusalem, which was held by Israel. Jerusalem was envisaged as a separat ...

located between

Sheikh Jarrah Sheikh Jarrah ( ar, الشيخ جراح, he, שייח' ג'ראח) is a predominantly Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem, north of the Old City, on the road to Mount Scopus. It received its name from the 13th-century tomb of Sheikh Ja ...

in the north, adjacent to

Mount Scopus Mount Scopus ( he, הַר הַצּוֹפִים ', "Mount of the Watchmen/ Sentinels"; ar, جبل المشارف ', lit. "Mount Lookout", or ' "Mount of the Scene/Burial Site", or ) is a mountain (elevation: above sea level) in northeast Je ...

in the east and

Ammunition Hill Ammunition Hill ( he, גִּבְעַת הַתַּחְמֹשֶׁת, ''Giv'at HaTahmoshet'') was a fortified Jordanian military post in the northern part of Jordanian-ruled East Jerusalem and the western slope of Mount Scopus. It was the site o ...

in the west.

Overview

The Kiryat Menachem Begin complex serves as home to several government offices, along with the main government complex in

Givat Ram Givat Ram ( he, גִּבְעַת רָם) is a neighborhood in central Jerusalem. It is the site of Kiryat HaMemshala (Hebrew language, Hebrew: קריית הממשלה, ''lit.'' Government complex), which includes many of Israel's most important na ...

. It also includes the

National Headquarters of the Israel Police The National Headquarters of the Israel Police ( he, בניין המטה הארצי של משטרת ישראל, ''Binian HaMateh HeArtzi shel Mishteret Yisrael''; short: ''HaMateh HeArtzi'', "National Headquarters") is the headquarters of the Israe ...

. The complex includes the following institutions: * The Ministry of Public Security * The Housing and Construction Ministry * The Science and Technology Ministry

History

Government offices area in East Jerusalem were built after the

Six-Day War The Six-Day War (, ; ar, النكسة, , or ) or June War, also known as the 1967 Arab–Israeli War or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab world, Arab states (primarily United Arab Republic, Egypt, S ...

in 1967 in an area that separated western and eastern Jerusalem. The first building was the

that was inaugurated in 1973, planned by architect Dan Eytan. In the early 1980s, Prime Minister

decided to set up government offices close to the police headquarters. After his death the area was named after him.

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