Jerusalem, March 18, 2013
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Israeli law allows the requisition of up to 40% of private area for government needs.
According to the website of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, some years ago a road to the hospital was built through land the Convent owns. There was no compensation for splitting the territory in half with the building of the road.