Deconstructing the Lies About the Legitimate Nation of Israel
Renowned archeologist Dr. Eilat Mazar of the Hebrew University and the Shalem Center answers JPost’s readers’ questions about the Mughrabi Gate dispute and the status of the Temple Mount in recent years. Of the hundreds of questions received, here are 20 which encompass the major issues at hand.
Via Israel HighWay: Most Jews in Israel and throughout the world barely remember a time when the Old City of Jerusalem and the rest of east Jerusalem were not an important part of the fabric of the city and the country. For 19 years, from the founding of the State of Israel in 1948 until the Six Day War in 1967, Jerusalem was a city divided by barbed wire and dangerous “no-man’s land”...
From Jerusalem Post, Q&A on the Temple Mount with Dr. Eilat Mazar: “The Mughrabi ramp is near the Western Wall of the [Temple Mount] compound, and it doesn’t risk it’s stability in any way. Moreover, it is of no risk whatsoever to the Al-Aksa Mosque, which stands about 100 meters to the east.” “The same claim has been made with regard to my excavation in the City...
In case you didn’t see it here when it was posted the first time, here, again, is the Live Webcam: The Excavation at the Mughrabi Ramp in Jerusalem.
Here is the link to the Live Camera Feed: which Israel has begun to broadcast of a construction project in an effort to prove to Muslims that their propaganda and rhetoric and accusations that their mosque is in danger, are full of crap.Israel began excavations last week to lay the ground to repair an earthen ramp leading to the hilltop at the Holy Jewish Temple Mount. The work sparked immediate...
Articles from the Israel Antiquities Authority: the Mughrabi Ramp – the Real Story The Real Story Why must excavations be conducted next to the Temple Mount Prehistory The Neolithic Period Israel Cross Highway Israel Cross Highway Beit Shean, (Nysa-Scythopolis) Introduction The Hellenistic Period The Roman Period The Roman Period, Archaeological Remains The Byzantine Period The Byzantine...
From Lynn’s In Context blog: This is a really interesting new blog with a clever name that appears to be a play on the title of this auspicious book. While he (or she?) is covering a story or two that’s already getting too much publicity for my taste, there’s an excellent piece on the Mugrabi Bridge here. (Although, FWIW, I much prefer this aerial photo of the Temple Mount.)...
JoeSettler went yesterday to see what all the fuss was about. He wrote “Lots of security and soldiers. I took a few photos and put them on my blog“. Check out the photos, readers. The photos prove that the muslim mosque is nowhere near where the repair work is being done. You will see that the repair site is in the Western Wall plaza. The muslim mosque is on the other side of the...
From IsraelNationalNews.com, no link. MK Eldad: The Mughrabi Gate struggle is not over a bridge, but over the principle of Jewish presence. Knesset Member Aryeh Eldad (National Union) says that if the State of Israel is not able to carry out safety maintenance work at the Western Wall plaza, “it means that we are on a dangerous path towards disappearing from the political map of the Middle...
Information Department, Israel Foreign Ministry – JerusalemWebsite: , 11 February 2007 Government approves continuation of excavations at Mugrabi Gate ramp(Communicated by the Prime Minister’s Media Adviser) The Government today (Sunday), 11 February 2007, unanimously approved a draft decision by which excavations will continue at the Mugrabi Gate ramp (). The draft passed with the...
Deconstructing the Lies About the Legitimate Nation of Israel