Kiryat Menachem Begin

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National Headquarters of the Israel Police in Kiryat Menachem Begin - on the western side of Mount Scopus.

Kiryat Menachem Begin, named after former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and also known as Kiryat HaMemshala, is a complex of government buildings in East Jerusalem located between Sheikh Jarrah in the north, adjacent to Mount Scopus in the east and Ammunition Hill in the west.^[1]

Overview[]

The Kiryat Menachem Begin complex serves as home to several government offices, along with the main government complex in Givat Ram.^{[citation needed]} It also includes the National Headquarters of the Israel Police.

The complex includes the following institutions:^{[citation needed]}

• The Ministry of Public Security
• The Housing and Construction Ministry
• The Science and Technology Ministry

History[]

Government offices area in East Jerusalem were built after the Six-Day War in 1967 in an area that separated western and eastern Jerusalem.^{[citation needed]} The first building was the National Headquarters of the Israel Police that was inaugurated in 1973, planned by architect . In the early 1980s, Prime Minister Menachem Begin decided to set up government offices close to the police headquarters. After his death the area was named after him.

See also[]

• Kiryat Menachem
• Kiryat HaMemshala

References[]

Coordinates: 31°47′49.9″N 35°14′0.63″E / 31.797194°N 35.2335083°E / 31.797194; 35.2335083