While Israel prepares to renew the works at the Mughrabi ramp, theWakf continues the dig inside the compound to replace the old electricwires that caused a short circuit this summer.

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Zweig says that although this time there is an archeologicalinspector on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, there is stillconcern that this will cause irreversible damage to the possiblearcheological findings onsite. While we were touring the compound, thetractors continued the digging.

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Coming out from the Chain Gate on the way back from the TempleMount, we passed through Rehov Hagai. On the right side of the road,construction was being done. The work, financed by the American Jewishtycoon Irving Moskowitz, is designed to reconstruct the Ohel Yitzhaksynagogue, which was built in 1917 and abandoned during the Arab riotsof 1936. In 1948, the structure was destroyed by the Jordanians alongwith all the other synagogues in the Old City.

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During the excavations at the site, an intact 14th century Mamelukebathhouse was discovered. The dig is being conducted by the IsraelAntiquities Authority.

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A museum is also planned to be constructed at the site. However, theArab and Iranian media reported recently that the plan was to connectthe space to the Western Wall with the help of an undergroundpassageway.

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’The Zionist regime’s officials have admitted that they haverecently constructed a synagogue under the Al-Aksa Mosque sitein Al-Quds. In a response to this Israeli act, Al-Aksa Institute hasannounced that it was well aware of the existence of many othersynagogues under the site of Al-Aksa Mosque, adding that it&nbs

The Temple Mount

A tour of the Temple Mount reveals the rumbling beneath the holy site's deceptively calm surface.