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Security Escort for Visitors at Mount of Olives
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

As of Friday, 8 Sivan 5764, the Security Department of the Ministry of Construction and Housing has been operating a new telephone hotline to reserve a security vehicle to escort people visiting their loved ones' graves on Har Hazeisim and to escort funeral processions when needed.

The service is government-provided and is free to anyone who makes a request. It is available 24 hours a day, Sunday thru Thursday, except for 9:30 am to 10:30 am. On Fridays and before holidays, escorts are available until one hour before candle-lighting time and on motzei Shabbos starting one hour after Shabbos.

Security personnel will escort visitors from one of the following meeting places: Givati Parking Lot (near Dung Gate), Beit Orot, or the parking lot area of the Ministry of Construction and Housing at the government complex in East Jerusalem behind the National Police Headquarters building.

Visitors who would like to reserve a security escort at the Mount of Olives are welcome to call the reservation hotline 24 hours a day at the Security Department of the Ministry of Construction and Housing at 02-6271598. Please call several days in advance.

 

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