Beit Aghion in West Jerusalem
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Beit Aghion, also known as Beit Rosh HaMemshala (
House of the Prime Minister ) is the
official residence of the
Prime Minister of Israel . It is located at 9
Smolenskin Street, on the street corner of
Balfour Street in the upscale
West Jerusalem neighborhood of
Rehavia , situated between the city center and the
Talbiya neighborhood. The private residence of Netanyahu is located in
Caesarea , north of the ancient city of
Caesarea Palaestinae , where the official residence of the
Roman praeses Pontius Pilate was located (
Pilate stone ).
The building was built for the Jewish –Greek merchant Edward Aghion who was an affluent resident of Alexandria , Egypt . It was designed by the Jewish-German architect Richard Kauffmann and was built between 1936–1938. In 1941, Peter II, King of Yugoslavia resided in the house. During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War it served as a hospital for the Irgun “fighters”.
U.S. Vice President and possible future U.S. President Joe Biden meets With Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu © U.S. Department of State/Matty Stern
In 1952, the Israeli government purchased the house for the purpose of turning it to an official residence for the
Foreign Minister . In 1974, the Israeli Government decided to transfer the official residence of the Prime Minister from Beit Julius Jacobs, which served as the official residence of the Israeli Prime Minister between 1950–1974, to Beit Aghion. During the 1990s, a wall was erected around the house for security reasons and a segment of Balfour Street was closed to traffic.
The building is composed of several square blocks connected to one another and in the center of the building there is a stairway, decorated with a row of windows in the front. The front of the building also includes a section molded in a circular way, and in a boat-like style typical of the
international style . The building is coated with
Jerusalem stone . The building also consists of an inner courtyard (patio)—an element that differs from the common international style, which the building-style is made of, however, is commonly found in an
Islamic-styled buildings. The patio was most probably added originally due to the Aghion family’s request.
Read more on Times of Israel, 3 August 2020:
Plan for Israeli-style White House going nowhere, wasting millions – comptroller , DW, 6 August 2020:
What’s behind Israel’s growing protests? , DW, 16 August 2020:
Israel: Arrests in Jerusalem as protests against Benjamin Netanyahu continue , Haaretz, 23 August 2020:
30 Arrested at 10,000-strong Protest Against Netanyahu in Jerusalem , Haaretz, 5 September 2020:
Jerusalem Police Clash With anti-Netanyahu Demonstrators as Protest Enters 11th Week , Times of Israel, 6 September 2020:
12 arrested, 2 cops hurt at protest outside Netanyahu’s Jerusalem home and
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