Uri Elitzur: The future is already here – a fifth European company withdraws from the cable car project to the Western Wall
Uri Elitzur writes that a fifth European company, an Italian firm, has withdrawn from the cable car project to the Western Wall in Jerusalem, blaming the Jerusalem Development Authority (JDA) for incompetence and waste of funds. According to him, the withdrawals stem from the political significance of the project, which serves the Elad association in Silwan, and illustrate Israel's isolation. He warns that foreign companies will refuse to cooperate in other projects as well, given the expansion of British sanctions against settlements.
Uri Elitzur writes that a fifth European company, an Italian firm, has withdrawn from the cable car project to the Western Wall in Jerusalem, after the Jerusalem Development Authority (JDA) announced an agreement with it about a month ago. It was preceded by three French companies and one Swiss company. Elitzur accuses the JDA of incompetence and wasting over 30 million shekels on contracts exempt from tender, before the tender for the cable car's construction was published. According to him, the project lacks transportation or tourism logic, and most professionals oppose it. He claims the withdrawals stem from the political significance of the project, which is intended to serve the Elad association in Silwan and erase the Palestinian presence. Elitzur warns that the fiasco illustrates Israel's isolation, and that foreign companies will refuse in the future to cooperate even in other projects, given the expansion of British sanctions against settlements. The article ends with a call to support the free press of Zman Yisrael.