Umariya Elementary School
The Umariya Elementary School (al-Omariyya, al-ʿUmariyya) is a madrassa in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City. It is located at the start of the Via Dolorosa, where it marks the First Station of the Cross, and is adjacent to the Convent of the Sisters of Zion. Underneath the buildings of the school are remains of the Antonia Fortress. In 1996, under the orders of the then prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, an exit from the Western Wall Tunnel was opened into the Via Dolorosa underneath the school (specifically, under the school's entrance stairs). This was interpreted by some in the Arab population as a land-grab, and over the subsequent week, 80 people were killed as a result of riots against the creation of the exit.Former students at the school include Abu Nidal, the founder of a militant Fatah breakaway organization.
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Heil HaHandasa, Jerusalem Morasha
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Heil HaHandasa
9511208 Jerusalem, Morasha
Jerusalem District, Israel
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