Givat Ram
Givat Ram (Template:Lang-he-n is a neighborhood in central Jerusalem, Israel. The Knesset and Israeli government offices are located in Givat Ram, as are the Israel Museum, the Bible Lands Museum, the Bloomfield Science Museum, one of the campuses of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the National Library of Israel, the Israeli Supreme Court and the Binyanei HaUma convention center.
Etymology
Ram is a Hebrew acronym for Rikuz Mifakdim - Hebrew: גבעת ריכוז-מפקדים, lit. Officers assembly hill[1][2]It also means "mighty hill."
History
Before Israel's War of Independence in 1948, the area was known by the Arabs as Sheikh Badr. In December 1949, the Israeli government headed by David Ben-Gurion, 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, 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. [3]