The repurposing “would greatly benefit all residents in the region, fostering peace and cooperation,” the emergency services group told the United Nations
With the U.N. Relief and Works Agency vacating its Jerusalem compound under Israeli laws that went into effect on Thursday, Eli Beer, founder and president of United Hatzalah, saw an opportunity for the Israeli emergency medical services organization.
Beer penned a letter to António Guterres, the U.N. secretary-general, on Thursday asking the global body to let Hatzalah use the empty compound as a training facility.
Hatzalah proposes to use the facility as “a training center for emergency medical technicians and as a logistics hub for humanitarian aid, in line with the U.N.’s humanitarian principles,” Beer wrote.