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{{Short description|Israeli Defence Forces educational unit}}
The '''IDF Military Colleges''' is a centralized educational unit of the [[Israeli Defence Forces]] under the command of the [[General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces|General Staff]]. Since 2019 its commander is ''[[aluf]]'' [[Itai Veruv]].
It was established in 1991 by merging Israeli military colleges into a single unit. <ref>[https://www.idf.il/%D7%90%D7%AA%D7%A8%D7%99-%D7%99%D7%97%D7%99%D7%93%D7%95%D7%AA/%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%9B%D7%9C%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%A6%D7%91%D7%90%D7%99%D7%95%D7%AA/%D7%90%D7%95%D7%93%D7%95%D7%AA/ על אודות המכללות הצבאיות]</ref> The first commander was [[Yossi Ben Hanan]].
Currently the camp includes the [[National Security College (Israel)]] (MABAL), the [[IDF Command and Staff College]] (POM), the {{ill|Tactical Command College|he|המכללה לפיקוד טקטי}} (MALTAK, MALTK), and the Noncommissioned Officers Command School (בית הספר לפיקוד לנגדים).
==Location==
[[File:IDF plan to move the military colleges from Glilot to Ein Karem. I.jpg|thumb|Planned view of the Military Colleges on the Terrace Hill by Ein Kerem]]
It is located at Dayan Camp,  {{ill|Glilot Camps|he|מחנות גלילות}} near [[Ramat Hasharon]].
In 2010 a decision was approved to evacuate most of the Glilot camp complex, with the expensive land repurposed as residential area.<ref>[https://www.calcalist.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3407327,00.html  מה תוקע 9,000 דונם של קרקעות לבנייה בבסיסי צה"ל], June 9, 2010</ref> Since 2002 there were different suggestions for the future location of the Military Colleges camp by [[Jerusalem]].<ref>[https://www.haaretz.co.il/misc/2002-05-05/ty-article/0000017f-e82c-da9b-a1ff-ec6fef840000 המכללות של צה"ל יועברו לירושלים], ''[[Haaretz]]'', May 5, 2002</ref> However no consensus between the IDF and civil organizations was reached for a long time. <ref>[https://www.kolhair.co.il/jerusalem-news/66467/ צפו: סערה בישיבת מועצת העירייה – רוב להעתקת תוכנית המכללות הצבאיות להר הצופים], ''[[The Jerusalem News]]'', August 18, 2018</ref><ref>[https://www.kolhair.co.il/jerusalem-news/79727/ מעבר מכללות צה"ל לירושלים | ועד תושבי עין כרם נגד ליאון: "יש לו את המנדט, אבל הוא נותן לתושבים להתמודד לבד"] January 23, 2019</ref> In August 2019 despite the appeals the location of 39 [[dunam]] (9.75 acres) in area  within the government-owned public land was approved in the [[Jerusalem Forest]] at the Terrace Hill near the [[Ein Kerem]] neighborhood of Jerusalem and the [[Israel Elwyn]] Center (the latter location is still referred by its former name "Swedish Village" {{langx|he|כפר השוודי|Kfar HaShvedi}}).<ref>[https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-idf-colleges-in-jerusalem-get-green-light-1001296636 "An appeals committee dismissed appeals against rezoning land designated for public buildings."], August 8, 2019</ref><!-- I threw in many different names here, because various sources use different names for the reference of the area, which does not have a specific name so far-->
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.idf.il/%d7%90%d7%aa%d7%a8%d7%99-%d7%99%d7%97%d7%99%d7%93%d7%95%d7%aa/%d7%94%d7%9e%d7%9b%d7%9c%d7%9c%d7%95%d7%aa-%d7%94%d7%a6%d7%91%d7%90%d7%99%d7%95%d7%aa/ Official website]
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[[Category:Israel Defense Forces]]
[[Category:Military education and training in Israel]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1991]]