Posted on 01/02/2007 1:40:45 PM PST by Alouette
Following report of risk of collapse, Western Wall authorities plan to demolish Mugrabi hill – Jews' only entrance to the Temple Mount, meaning Jews can no longer enter site
Chaim Levinson Published: 01.02.07, 22:02
Within the next few days, the Western Wall authorities will begin demolishing Mugrabi hill, after it was discovered that the dirt paving beneath it was at risk of collapsing, along with the temporary wooden bridge that was built at the site.
Mugrabi Gate is the only opening through which Jews may go up the hill, and destroying the hill will prevent this as well.
The dirt paving in the Western Wall's square, the Mugrabi hill, leads to the Mugrabi Gate, one of the Temple Mount's entrances.
This is the only Gate which is under complete Israeli control, without Wakf supervision. Therefore, the paving is used by Jews as a crossing to reach the Mount.
This is also where police prepare to break into the Mount on Friday's incase stones are thrown towards the Wall.
'Worshippers' safety in danger'
Three years ago, a part of the hill collapsed in a snow storm and in its place a temporary wooden bridge was constructed.
In the long term plans, the government and the Western Wall Heritage Foundation plan to construct a permanent bridge. According to the plan, an aerial bridge will be constructed which will begin from the outside of the square.
It should be noted that the Western Wall Heritage Foundation works under the guidelines of the Chief Rabbinate, according to which going up to the Temple Mount is forbidden by the Halacha (Jewish law).
Therefore, the WWHF is not interested in building this bridge, but is going forward with the plans according to the police's security demands.
In recent days, engineer Ofer Cohen submitted his professional opinion that the danger is immediate: "In the existing situation, after large amounts of rain, another collapse could occur, which may endanger the stability of the temporary bridge and the safety of the worshippers in the square."
This means that by the next storm, there may be no choice but to begin work on demolishing the paving before it collapses on worshipers.
The Western Wall's rabbi, Shmuel Ravinovitch, said that "the police must decide if they want to build a bridge or not. If they do not, we will take down the mound and expand the ladies section. If they do, they should act in order to advance the plans of building a permanent bridge."
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I believe the time is near where the Lord Himself will decide who and what belongs on the Mount.
It'd be funny as heck if that damn golden doomed mosque just fell in one day...................
Why don't they destroy that abominable shrine to Satan on top while they're at it?
Thanks for posting this info. When the Southern wall was in danger of collapsing (due to Islamic "renovations") I feared the Mount would collapse under the weight of all the Muslim worshippers--and Israel would get blamed. That "renovation" work continues to undermine the stability of this site from yet another direction!
LOL! Gonna be a lot of surprised muslims shortly thereafter.
The propriety of building the bridge aside (a huge aside), an aerial bridge seems like a tempting target for snipers, as they would know who was on it.
Yeah...I was thinking if they just removed some of the heavy layers at the top....
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With all the "renovations" being done on the Mount, it is amazing that the whole thing doesn't collapse.
Still laugh about a professor I used to know, who would follow the dump trucks off the Mount and dig through the stuff to find some really great stuff. Now a days, that would get you shot.
Mrs. MWT used to do that, too! Small world.
There is a specific dump where that was all placed and sifted.
The PhD candidates who started the project of sifting through the "renovation debris" have finally gone legit in late 2006, and have Israeli Antiquities Authority authorization to continue their work. Only took 5 or 6 years and the discovery of significant finds to push the Israeli authorities to face reailty that the Wahf is destroying Jewish history.
Th Israelis should announce in no uncertain terms, that for each round of sniper fire directed at the bridge (or persons on the bridge), a round of 120mm HE will be directed at the Al-Aqsa mosque.
I agree.
In reality, Olmert will apologize for the bridge and offer reparations to the paleostinians for their suffering.
For any readers unawares - Western Wallcam
http://www.aish.com/wallcam/
How sad. There's not much doubt what the muzzies would do if the Jews were to close off their only entrance into the mosque there.
Picture from this site showing wall and the referenced gate and hill (lower right):
http://www.aish.com/wallcam/graphics/WallAtSunset1600x1200.jpg
Picture of previous collapse and other pictures of the Temple Mount "renovations":
http://www.har-habayt.org/newp22-02-04.html
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