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Khan Sha'ar HaGai was inaugurated after a renovation worth millions of shekels
Khan Sha'ar HaGai near Jerusalem was inaugurated today, after being renovated with an investment of millions of shekels and a new heritage center was established to commemorate the scorers of the road to besieged Jerusalem during the War of Independence.
The site will open to the public early next year
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Sunday, November 29, 2020, 5:00 p.m.
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(In the video: The Castel, another important site on the way to Jerusalem during the War of Independence)
The Khan Sha'ar HaGai national site near Jerusalem was inaugurated today (Sunday), after it was renovated with an investment of millions of shekels and a new heritage center was established to commemorate the work of scorers and convoys to Jerusalem during the War of Independence. .
The ceremony was attended by the Prime Minister, the Minister of Environmental Protection, the Minister of Heritage and Jerusalem, the Director General of the Nature and Parks Authority, the Palmach fighters and their families.
The decision to dedicate the national site Khan Sha'ar HaGai, which was announced decades ago (79), to the memory and work of the scorers of the besieged road to Jerusalem during the War of Independence, was made by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about three years ago.
Since then and in accordance with this decision, the Nature and Parks Authority has begun promoting comprehensive infrastructure and development work that included completing and arranging a parking area and walking trails for visitors, strengthening and renovating buildings, landscaping and establishing an impressive and experiential heritage center with special representatives and content tailored to its purpose.
The new heritage center allows visitors to be exposed and get to know up close and in an experiential and powerful way the heritage of the battles on the way to Jerusalem and the story of the brave Palmach fighters together with the caravan escorts, some civilians, who broke through to besieged Jerusalem.
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The place was renovated in memory of the scorers of the besieged road to Jerusalem during the War of Independence.
Khan Sha'ar HaGai (Photo: Yaniv Cohen, Nature and Parks Authority)
Experience the battle heritage on the way to Jerusalem (Photo: Yaniv Cohen, Nature and Parks Authority)
The site is expected to open to visitors from January
The visit to the Heritage Center continues along 5 main stations, including an opening presentation and video of warrior testimonies, a road station, a wireless station, a supply station, an experiential station that simulates an armored vehicle on the way to Jerusalem during the war, and a final exhibition where visitors can examine their values.
The activity at the stations is partly interactive through disks that are distributed to each visitor at the entrance, and at the end they are also used to select a value that is important to him, which will hang on the values board on the site.
It should be noted that the solemn ceremony for the inauguration of the site and the new visitor center, has already been performed out of consideration and respect for the brave and older warriors and warriors who are still alive and eagerly awaiting its launch as a heritage site that perpetuates their story.
However, the site is expected to be open to visitors only from January to February, when all the work and preparations required to absorb the audience will be completed.
The visit to the site will require prior arrangement due to the nature of the tour and entry to it will be paid.
Remains of armored vehicles in the Sha'ar Guy khan (Photo: Yaniv Cohen, Nature and Parks Authority)
The story of the Valley Gate and the Khan
Sha'ar HaGai, also known by its Arabic name "Bab al Wad", on the road leading from Jaffa to Jerusalem was during the years before the establishment of the state and also during the War of Independence Day an important strategic axis by being a topographic bottleneck surrounded by ridges.
Thanks to its characteristics, the Arabs who ruled the area before the war managed to ambush and damage the supply convoys of the Jewish community on the way to besieged Jerusalem.
During the War of Independence, a decision was made among the commanders to gain control of the area to prevent these attacks and the goal was achieved thanks to the Palmach fighters who led the fighting. The
khan at Sha'ar HaGai and the Road Fortress were built in the late 19th century, when the khan served as a pilgrimage inn. Sha'ar HaGai has been declared a national site since 1979. Over the years it has only been seen as an armored vehicle, a reminder of the battles of the Israeli systems and has not received many visits due to a transportation accessibility problem,
following the government's decision to dedicate the place to the besieged. The required budget was achieved and the goal and the way to upgrade the site and establish the visitor center were marked.
Palmach veterans at the ceremony, today. Seated: Pesach Azariahu, Yerachmiel Payne. Standing: Yaakov Korczak, Micha Netzer, Amos Horev, Rafael Horowitz (Photo: Shlomit Shavit, Nature and Parks Authority)
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