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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Opponents of Jerusalem Cable Car Plan Lose Supreme Court Case

A man look on as he sits in a golf cart near Dung Gate, close to the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City November 7, 2019. (Reuters)

Israeli and Palestinian opponents of an Israeli plan to run a cable car over Jerusalem to the walls of the Old City lost on Sunday their Supreme Court case against a project they argued would alter its ancient landscape.

A unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel disseminated by the Justice Ministry showed the court had decided against intervening to reverse the Israeli government's 2019 approval of the plan, saying proper planning procedures had been followed.

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