Start memorizing the name "IKEA Eshtaol" The Jerusalem District Appeals Committee has decided to approve the opening of the fifth IKEA store in Israel at Moshav Eshtaol, next to Beit Shemesh, despite contraventions of planning laws.
"Continued closure of the store, when the goods are already on the shelves, means a harsh sentence on hundreds of families whose chances of finding work in the current state of the economy are zero," the committee states in its decision to grant retrospective permits for illegal construction at the site.
