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Givat Ram (originally , lit. Hill of Officers Assembly) is a neighborhood in central Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
, Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
. The Knesset
Knesset

The Knesset is the legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem....
 and Israeli government offices are located in Givat Ram, as are the Israel Museum
Israel Museum

The Israel Museum, Jerusalem was founded in 1965 as Israel's national museum. It is situated on a hill in the Givat Ram neighborhood of Jerusalem, near the Knesset, the Israeli Supreme Court, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem....
, one of the four campuses of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is Israel's oldest university.The First Board of Governors included Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Martin Buber, and Chaim Weizmann....
, the Israeli Supreme Court and the Binyanei HaUma convention center.
re Israel's War of Independence in 1948, the area was known by the Arabs as Sheikh Badr
Sheikh Badr

Sheikh Badr was an Arab village on a hilltop in west Jerusalem that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. During the British Mandate of Palestine it was part of the Jerusalem municipality....
. In December 1949, the Israeli government headed by David Ben-Gurion
David Ben-Gurion

was the first Prime Minister of Israel. Ben-Gurion's passion for Zionism, which began early in life, culminated in his instrumental role in the founding of the state of Israel....
, passed a resolution to build a government precinct in Jerusalem.






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Givat Ram (originally , lit. Hill of Officers Assembly) is a neighborhood in central Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
, Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
. The Knesset
Knesset

The Knesset is the legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem....
 and Israeli government offices are located in Givat Ram, as are the Israel Museum
Israel Museum

The Israel Museum, Jerusalem was founded in 1965 as Israel's national museum. It is situated on a hill in the Givat Ram neighborhood of Jerusalem, near the Knesset, the Israeli Supreme Court, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem....
, one of the four campuses of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem is Israel's oldest university.The First Board of Governors included Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Martin Buber, and Chaim Weizmann....
, the Israeli Supreme Court and the Binyanei HaUma convention center.

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Before Israel's War of Independence in 1948, the area was known by the Arabs as Sheikh Badr
Sheikh Badr

Sheikh Badr was an Arab village on a hilltop in west Jerusalem that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. During the British Mandate of Palestine it was part of the Jerusalem municipality....
. In December 1949, the Israeli government headed by David Ben-Gurion
David Ben-Gurion

was the first Prime Minister of Israel. Ben-Gurion's passion for Zionism, which began early in life, culminated in his instrumental role in the founding of the state of Israel....
, passed a resolution to build a government precinct in Jerusalem. Givat Ram, a hill in the west of the city, which had been an assembly point for the Gadna Youth Battalions
Gadna (Israel)

Gadna is an Israeli military program to prepare youth for their conscription in the Israel Defense Forces or Israel Border Police. A one week program of discipline and military learning run by soldiers of the Nahal infantry brigade, Gadna hosts an estimated 19,000 Israeli youth annually, as well as numerous foreign youths....
, was chosen for this purpose. The topography of the site, made up of three ridges, meshed with the idea of establishing three clusters of buildings - the government precinct, a university campus and a museum.