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Pilgrims' Road unveiled incredible Jewish history dating back 2000+ yrs. This is where millions of pilgrims walked, the High Priest did libations, & Jewish rebels hid from Roman Legion.
It's a right-wing settler project only to those who seek to hide Jewish history @BarakRavid 1/
On the northern side of Western Wall plaza I crawled thru narrow tunnels as a student 50 y.a. Today the tunnels are large caverns used for praying, Temple period rooms, incredible construction.
Then too, UN & Arabs in Moslem Qtr claimed Israel was undermining homes @halbfinger 2/
In modern #Israel, the uncovering of history shapes Israel's future.
Consider the Dead Sea Scrolls, Masada, Western Wall Plaza, City of David.
Of course some ppl like Ravid, NYT, JSt seek a secular, liberal, non-exceptional Israel in 1947 lines. They reject Jewish holy sites /3
Where were these historic revisionists when the Palestinians brutally bulldozed ancient Jewish remains on the Temple Mount? Desecrated 1000s of Jewish graves on Mt of Olives? Or Pals deny Temples' existence.
I bet 90% of Jewish Israelis approve of opening of Pilgrims' Path. /4
These were remnants of the Temple that were photographed by 2 Christian photographers after the 1927 earthquake in Jerusalem partly destroyed the Al Aqsa Mosque.
I doubt they exist today b/c the Waqf bulldozed and built an underground mosque there. /5
For centuries Jews crowded into narrow Western Wall alleyway to pray, stepping over garbage & dung left by Arabs' animals. No benches or dividers. Even b4 Jordan occupied east Jer'm 1948-1967, Jews were often denied access to the Kotel.
Who complains about Western Wall plaza? /6
The Golden Gate/Sha'ar Harachamim/Bab el Rahma on the Temple Mt was forcibly occupied by Muslim Waqf & is now used as mosque.
But plenty of evidence shows it was a Jewish chamber.
1. 1870.
2. 1830s Roberts illustration Jews praying
3. Hebrew inscription
4. Recent Muslim invasion
End: The Arab-Israeli conflict is also a conflict of historical narratives.
As a rule, Jews don't deny Muslims their beliefs & customs. & as a rule, Muslims deny them from Jews.
Jews were denied access to Western Wall, Rachel's Tomb, the Kotel, Cave of Patriarch, Mt of Olives
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