Content overview: “Fifth Foreign Firm Withdraws from Jerusalem Cable Car Project Amid Palestinian Displacemen”. A fifth international company has pulled out of the controversial Jerusalem cable car project, which would link West Jerusalem to the Old City's Dung Gate, passing over Palestinian neighborhoods in East Jerusalem. The 1.4-kilometer route ends at a site managed by Elad, a far-right settler organization, and rights groups say it would displace dozens of Palestinian families and alter the cultural landscape. Despite the withdrawals, the Jerusalem Development Authority (JDA) insists the scheme is moving forward, having issued a notice of intent to award a contract without tender to ROPES, an Italian cable car engineering firm based in South Tyrol, in late September, just before Israel's October 27 elections.
The project had stalled for four years before this recent push. Critics argue the cable car primarily serves political and tourism interests, reinforcing Israeli control over East Jerusalem. The full version stays on the original page, which this listing opens directly.