Givat Ram campus of the Hebrew University

Givat Ram (Hebrew: גבעת רם‎, lit. Mighty Hill) is a neighborhood in central Jerusalem, Israel. Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, he-Latn Yerushaláyim; Arabic: ar القُدس, ar-Latn al-Quds) is the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. The Knesset and Israeli government offices are located in Givat Ram, as are the Israel Museum, one of the four campuses of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Israeli Supreme Court and the Binyanei HaUma convention center. For Beit Knesset a Jewish Place of worship, see Synagogue. The Knesset (כנסת lit The Israel Museum Jerusalem (מוזיאון ישראל ירושלים Muze'on Yisrael Yerushalayim) was founded in 1965 as Israel 's National museum. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים الجامعة العبرية في القدس abbreviated HUJI) is The Supreme Court ( Hebrew: בית המשפט העליון Beit haMishpat ha'Elyon) is at the head of the court system in the State of Israel. The International Convention Centre (מרכז הקונגרסים הבינלאומי Merkaz HaKongresim HaBenleumi) commonly known as Binyanei HaUma (בנייני

History

Before Israel's War of Independence in 1948, the area was known by the Arabs as Sheikh Badr. Sheikh Badr (شيخ بدر was an Arab village on a hilltop in west Jerusalem that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. In December 1949, the Israeli government headed by David Ben-Gurion, passed a resolution to build a government precinct in Jerusalem. Givat Ram, a hill in the west of the city, which had been an assembly point for the Gadna Youth Battalions, was chosen for this purpose. Gadna (גדנ"ע is an Israeli military program to prepare youth for their mandatory military service in the Israel Defense Forces or Border Police The topography of the site, made up of three ridges, meshed with the idea of establishing three clusters of buildings - the government precinct, a university campus and a museum. ^[1]

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