Mount of Olives reclaimed in historic events

Arutz Sheva ^ | 5/3/26

[Eleutheria5]

In major events in Jerusalem on February 16 and 17, the State of Israel and world Jewry celebrated the reclamation of the 3,000-year-old Mount of Olives, the historic burial site of more than 150,000 Jews over the ages; among them prophets, many great rabbis, and notable modern Israeli leaders. The events were sponsored by the International Committee for Har Hazeitim ICHH in conjunction with the Israeli government and Municipality of Jerusalem.

The highlight of the two-day mission was the ceremony marking the completion of the first floor of the Visitor Education Center which ICHH is building in partnership with national and municipal government entities. The Center will serve not only as a gateway for the hundreds of thousands who visit each year, but as a permanent educational and security anchor to preserve the sanctity of the mountain and protect the graves of so many great and holy people buried there.

The mission began Monday night with a well-attended Town Hall Meeting at the Begin Center, where United States Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee spoke warmly about the vital importance of securing and protecting Har Hazeitim. Ambassador Huckabee emphasized the global and historic significance of the site and praised the unwavering work of the ICHH in safeguarding this sacred mountain for generations to come.

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[Eleutheria5]

In 1948, Mount of Olives was appropriated by Jordan during the war. An International Hotel was built there, using tomb stones of saints, sages, prophets and kings for such things as telephone poles (stacked one on top of the other) outdoor toilets (walls, seat and pit), and ground up for gravel for the drive. A huge section of the mount was turned into an Arab slum, which still stands. The restoration took decades of loving work, after the Mount was reclaimed in the 1967 war. This is justice.

[birg]

Zechariah 14
V1 A day of the LORD is coming, Jerusalem, when your possessions will be plundered and divided up within your very walls.
V 3 Then the LORD will go out and fight against those nations, as he fights on a day of battle. 4 On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of OLIVES, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of OLIVES will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half of the mountain moving north and half moving south. 5 You will flee by my mountain valley, for it will extend to Azel. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake[a] in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.

[frank ballenger]

When King David fled Absalom he ascended the Mount of Olives, weeping as he did (2nd Samuel 15). King Solomon had been influenced by some of this many wives to allow altars to pagan gods to be built there. In 70 the 10th Roman Legion camped there in the Siege of Jerusalem. Approximately 150,000 graves are believed to be there.

3rd Psalm:
Lord, how many are my foes!
How many rise up against me!
2 Many are saying of me,
“God will not deliver him.”[b]

3 But you, Lord, are a shield around me,
my glory, the One who lifts my head high.
4 I call out to the Lord,
and he answers me from his holy mountain.

5 I lie down and sleep;
I wake again, because the Lord sustains me.
6 I will not fear though tens of thousands
assail me on every side.

7 Arise, Lord!
Deliver me, my God!
Strike all my enemies on the jaw;
break the teeth of the wicked.

8 From the Lord comes deliverance.
May your blessing be on your people.

[Zathras]

I’ve been there.
Very interesting place!!!

[silent majority rising]

I have spent a considerable amount of time on the Mount of Olives and have stayed at the 7 Arches (once). However, I always lamented the fact that the Jordanians controlled it, for the most part, as they have disregard for Archaeological principles. Most Jordanians that I worked with were more interested in looting or trying to sell to gullible Christians that roam around. Also, it is disgusting how many times the Cemetery has had to be repaired due to ‘mischief’. Maybe Israel will guard it better.

[SunkenCiv]

On an episode of Ripley's Believe It or Not! host Jack Palance did a segment on the Prophet Zechariah and his burial on the Mount of Olives. That is according to my failing memory. I couldn't turn up a clip of it or even a reference to it, ah well.

[SunkenCiv]

Ah, wiki-wacky came through... season 3, episode 2, air date October 7, 1984 *may* be the right one.

[SharpRightTurn]

39 Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him. 40 On reaching the place, he said to them, “Pray that you will not fall into temptation.” 41 He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed, 42 “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.” 43 An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. 44 And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground. Luke 22:39–44.