Left-wing group petitions High Court over exclusivity of Western Wall tunnels
Passages wind through Byzantine, Crusader, Mamluk and other structures, can’t be sacred only to Judaism.
THE WESTERN WALL tunnels. ‘Recognizing these underground spaces as sacred only to the Jewish people has consequences for the archeology of the area and carries political implications.’(photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)ByDANIEL K. EISENBUD