Tuesday, February 13, 2007

TEMPLE MOUNT WATCH -- the National Geographic Society has a roundup:
Violence Sparked by Archaeological Projects in Jerusalem
Mati Milstein in Jerusalem
for National Geographic News
February 12, 2007

Archaeological excavations have incited violence at a Jerusalem holy site sacred to Jews, Arabs, and Christians—the man-made plateau known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews and Christians as the Temple Mount.

But two other, more obscure archaeological projects have the potential to fan the flames even further.

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UPDATE: Plus, an Egyptian MP carries the controversy to a new low:
Egypt MP says only n-bomb can stop Israeli digging

By Abdel-Sattar Hatita
REUTERS

11:30 a.m. February 12, 2007

CAIRO – Israeli excavations near Islam's third holiest shrine in Jerusalem sparked angry reactions on Monday from Egyptian parliament members, including one who said only a nuclear bomb would halt the Jewish state's activities.

The excavations, which Israel says aim to salvage artefacts before construction of a pedestrian bridge leading to the complex also sacred to Jews, have angered many Muslims who fear the work will harm the foundations of al-Aqsa mosque. Israel says the holy places will not be harmed.

'That cursed Israel is trying to destroy al-Aqsa mosque,' Mohamed el-Katatny of President Hosni Mubarak's National Democratic Party (NDP) told a heated parliament session held to discuss the Israeli digging.

'Nothing will work with Israel except for a nuclear bomb that wipes it out of existence,' he said.

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Yep, that'll sure keep that mosque safe.

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