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January 10, 2003       Share:    

Source: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/A/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1041743441830

Jordanian Engineers Repair Bulge in Temple Mount Wall

(Jerusalem Post) - Etgar Lefkovits A team of senior Jordanian engineers began repair work on the bulge on the southern wall of Jerusalem's Temple Mount. "Looking at the problem solely from an archeological point of view, they know how to work very well," said Danny Bahat, former Jerusalem regional archeologist for the Antiquities Authority. However, Hebrew University archeologist Dr. Eilat Mazar, a leading spokesperson of the Committee Against the Destruction of Antiquities on the Temple Mount, said, "The problem remains a question of responsibility. Because the Temple Mount is at the heart of Jerusalem and the State of Israel, it is the government's job and in this case the Antiquities Authority to be responsible for what is going on at the Mount, something that is certainly not the case today."

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