Jerusalem, Israel. 25th October, 2016. The Temple Mount Sifting Project continues sifting through debris dug up by the Muslim Waqf on Temple Mount and dumped in the Kidron Valley in the midst of international controversy on the implications of UNESCO's recent Occupied Palestine draft decision, approved at committee stage in Paris on October 13, 2016. Numerous archaeological remains, connected to the Second Temple, have been excavated under the auspices of the City of David Foundation. Israeli archaeologists and the official State Comptroller's report accuse the Waqf of engaging in illegal reno


Jerusalem, Israel. 25th October, 2016. The Temple Mount Sifting Project continues sifting through debris dug up by the Muslim Waqf on Temple Mount and dumped in the Kidron Valley in the midst of international controversy on the implications of UNESCO's recent Occupied Palestine draft decision, approved at committee stage in Paris on October 13, 2016. Numerous archaeological remains, connected to the Second Temple, have been excavated under the auspices of the City of David Foundation. Israeli archaeologists and the official State Comptroller's report accuse the Waqf of engaging in illegal renovation and excavation work destroying remains of Jewish buildings and artifacts in an attempt to deliberately erase any historic Jewish link to the Temple Mount.


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