Trump’s map will enable the construction of an Israeli airport in the Judean Desert
“As part of a master plan for the Jerusalem metropolitan area, we also prepared a plan for an airport in the Horqania Valley area, between Mishor Adumim and the Dead Sea,” says architect Shlomo Gartner. “This was a detailed ground and air plan that was submitted to the minister and director general of the Civil Aviation Authority at the time, Maj. Gen. Giora Rom, as well as to then and now Prime Minister Netanyahu.”
The plan was rejected almost outright because the planned port area was outside the borders of sovereign Israel. The Trump 2020 plan may bring it inside.
According to Gartner, a slight change in the route of the map adjacent to the Trump plan – a change of five kilometers by one kilometer – will allow the entry of the designated airport area for Israel. The change is possible because the map is still a draft and open to change.
The plan was rejected almost outright because the planned port area was outside the borders of sovereign Israel. The Trump 2020 plan may bring it inside.
According to Gartner, a slight change in the route of the map adjacent to the Trump plan – a change of five kilometers by one kilometer – will allow the entry of the designated airport area for Israel. The change is possible because the map is still a draft and open to change.
“The goal of the master plan for Jerusalem talked about 10 million tourists a year, and this port can realize the goal. Unlike the airports that exist in Israel today, Ben Gurion Airport and Ilan Ramon, which are working on one runway, the new airport will be able to accommodate two parallel runways more than a kilometer between them, which will allow simultaneous movement of departures and arrivals, and occupancy of up to 40 million passengers per year.”
By the way, alongside the publication of the Israeli plan to build the airport in the Horqania Valley, an article was published in the foreign press in which the Palestinian Authority presented a plan for its own airport in the very same area. The similarity between the programs raised the suspicion of copying.
The Palestinians said that “the port will be built between Jerusalem and Jericho at a cost of $340 million,” and promised an extensive passenger terminal with six passport stamping counters, large parking and a variety of adjacent facilities.
“We are ready to go to work next year,” declared then-Palestinian Transportation Minister Saeed Al Kurnouz in October 2010. “Within two years we will finish the work, if international donors we spoke to transfer the money. An airport means sovereignty, freedom, progress and economic development.”
By the way, alongside the publication of the Israeli plan to build the airport in the Horqania Valley, an article was published in the foreign press in which the Palestinian Authority presented a plan for its own airport in the very same area. The similarity between the programs raised the suspicion of copying.
The Palestinians said that “the port will be built between Jerusalem and Jericho at a cost of $340 million,” and promised an extensive passenger terminal with six passport stamping counters, large parking and a variety of adjacent facilities.
“We are ready to go to work next year,” declared then-Palestinian Transportation Minister Saeed Al Kurnouz in October 2010. “Within two years we will finish the work, if international donors we spoke to transfer the money. An airport means sovereignty, freedom, progress and economic development.”
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