News from France24 (via AFP):
‘An Israeli committee has advanced a controversial plan to build a military college on the Mount of Olives in annexed east Jerusalem, an Israeli non-governmental group said on Thursday.
“The local committee recommended approving the plan,” said Aviv Tatarsky of Ir Amim, which supports the “equitable” sharing of Jerusalem.
“Right now it’s in the process of gathering the objections. The local committee recommends and then the actual decision is taken by the district committee,” he told AFP.’
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