Old City Wall, East Jerusalem
Posted on 10/24/2009 5:05:59 PM PDT by Fred Nerks
JERUSALEM-TORONTO – The Archaeological Research currently taking place in the ‘Walls Around the Old City’ national park at the City of David in Jerusalem is in the public’s best interests, according to an Israeli Supreme Court decision regarding two recent petitions against the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA).
The petitions were submitted by residents living near the excavation site. According to a press release issued by Yaen Vered, the IAA representative in Canada, it is the IAA’s opinion that “these residents are being incited by other factors whose considerations are political and improbable.”
In a telephone conversation with the Jewish Tribune, Jon Seligman, Jerusalem regional archaeologist for the IAA, explained that the objections being raised in the petitions would not ordinarily be of interest to a resident.
“For example, much of the court case concerns the way the IAA issues licenses,” he said. “This has no relevance to a resident and there definitely had to have been some outside influence.”
Ninety per cent of the area’s residents are Muslim Arabs. Ten per cent are Jewish. There are no Christians.
The press release stressed that the ongoing archaeological discoveries exposing the history of Jerusalem are “of utmost importance to the Jewish people in particular and world culture in general.”
A most recent example of the historical findings is a large and impressive mikvah (ritual bath) from the end of the Second Temple period uncovered in archaeological excavations the IAA is carrying out in the Western Wall tunnels, in cooperation with the Western Wall Heritage Foundation.
“The picture that was presented to us shows that the damage to the property rights of the petitioners – as much as such damage does indeed exist – is minor,” stated Justice Edna Arbel in her ruling.
“The petitioners did not argue that any damage was caused to their houses and the respondents explained that the activity on the land is indeed underground, but does not extend as far as the houses of the petitioners…. When the petitioners failed to point out real damage to their property, it seems that there is no justification in harming or restricting the public interest….”
Arbel recommended that the petition be rejected and the petitioners be required to pay the attorney fees of each of the respondents for the sum of 10,000 NIS and court expenses. Last Updated ( Wednesday, 21 October 2009 )
Old City Wall, East Jerusalem
Israeli archaeologists unveiled a 2,100-year-old Jerusalem perimeter wall
I’ve been there. If it is the same dig that I had the prieledge of exploring, then it was nowhere near any residences. There is a large buffer area between the old city wall down to the road below. Nearly all of it was once covered with grass, but as more and more of it is uncovered, a wealth of 1st century ruins details the lives of the people in that time. On the eastern side, near the Hulda Gates, there is an old Muslim cemetery, but not much of anything else. They have even found hundreds of foreign coinage from the 1st Century, which would indicate that this is where the Money Changers would sit and exchange foreign coins for the “Sheckle of the Sanctury” often at illegal, usurious prices. And we KNOW what happened to THEM! LOL. These digs are wonderous, historical places that validate both the Jewish and Christian Bible. As long as no GRAVES are disturbed, I have no problem with Biblical Archaeology. BUT there are political forces in the Holy Land that DO NOT want a Jewish Connection to the temple mount to be proven by these digs.
And we KNOW who they are!
I assume you’re referring to the Jews who keep planting artifacts on ancient Muslim holy sites ....?
REALLY OLD artifacts, I assure you! LOL!
did you forget this? (/sarc)
LOL :-)
Monday, 27 June 2005 The Mufti's panic: The Gihon resurfaces under the Temple Mount
The Gihon River mentioned in Genesis 2:13 flows under Jerusalem, directly under the Holy Temple Mount, under what today is known as the Dome of the Rock in the Al Aksa mosque. There, it's known as Siloam Spring (see Rashi on Kings I, 1:33), and flows out in the direction of Silwan (Arabic for Siloam), the Arab town directly to the South of the Temple Mount. King Hezekiah sealed off the waters of the Gihon when he was threatened by Sannherib and the Assyrians (see Chronicles II, 32:30 and Talmud tractate Brachos 10b).
According to Islamic tradition, when the waters of the Gihon begin surfacing under the Dome of the Rock, then the Jewish Messiah is fast on the way, and their downfall is imminent. Soon, very soon, there won't be any more mosques on the Temple Mount.
In recent months, several witnesses have told about water seeping out of the floor near the base of the Dome of the Rock. The Jerusalem Wakf, the Moslem religious authority, has hurried to fabricate the lie of faultry drainage causing the water seepage. All you have to do is to pick up an East Jerusalem phone book, and call any plumber at random; you'll have a 50-50 chance that he's one of the many that the panicking Wakf has summoned to stop the trickling, but to no avail. The Mufti himself knows darn well that all the plumbers in the world won't stop the waters of salvation from gushing out soon; the Siloam Pool will be the mikve where Moshiach Tzidkenu will immerse himself every morning before praying and learning.
Great article Fred! This is also the reason the muslims planted a small cemetery immediately in front of the Eastern Gate which was sealed up by the Turks. Messiah is predicted to enter through the Eastern Gate. So the Turkish authorities, in their “wisdom” decided that Messiah, being a pious Jew, would not tread upon graves. So they planted a few bodies in front of the gate. Then they blocked the gate up with stones just to make sure.
AS IF! (I really DO have to chuckle at that one!)
Great article Fred! This is also the reason the muslims planted a small cemetery immediately in front of the Eastern Gate which was sealed up by the Turks. Messiah is predicted to enter through the Eastern Gate. So the Turkish authorities, in their “wisdom” decided that Messiah, being a pious Jew, would not tread upon graves. So they planted a few bodies in front of the gate. Then they blocked the gate up with stones just to make sure.
AS IF! (I really DO have to chuckle at that one!)
I didn’t think (/sarc) was necessary, but I guess you never know. :)
“I didn’t think (/sarc) was necessary, but I guess you never know.”
There ARE those (even HERE) who might think you are series! hahaha!
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