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2019-07-01 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
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Under Palestinian homes, US envoys hammer open an ancient East Jerusalem road
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| Anywhere else in the world an archeological dig would be Page 3: Non-WoT stuff. But in Israel the history of the Jews in the land is denied altogether by the Palestinians and their allies — about which you can read at the link if you are so inclined, dear Reader. |
[IsraelTimes] Angering PA and anti-settlement groups, David Friedman and Jason Greenblatt attend inauguration of ancient Jewish pilgrimage road excavated in Silwan neighborhood.
US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman and White House Mideast peace envoy Jason Greenblatt, at an inaugural ceremony on Sunday, hammered through the final wall standing in front of an archaeological tourist site that was dug under Paleostinian homes in East Jerusalem.
"Whether there was ever any doubt about the accuracy, the wisdom, the propriety of [US] President [Donald] Trump recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, I certainly think this lays all doubts to rest," said Friedman before joining other Israeli and American bigwigs in symbolically breaking down the wall, which led to the "Pilgrimage Road," a now-subterranean stairway that was said to have served as a main artery for Jews to the Temple Mount thousands of years ago.
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Archaeologists have been excavating at the City of David National Park in the Paleostinian neighborhood of Silwan for the past eight years. The area has several tiny Jewish enclaves.
The ceremonial event angered the Paleostinian Authority, as well as several left-wing Israeli NGOs, which claimed the opening of the site would further entrench an Israeli presence in eastern parts of the city that Paleostinians hope will one day serve as their capital.
While Trump said his decision in late 2017 to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital did not relate to the borders of the city, which would be determined in a final peace agreement, Sunday’s ceremony appeared to indicate some American recognition of Israeli illusory sovereignty in East Jerusalem.
"It confirms with evidence, with science, with archaeological studies that which many of us already new, certainly in our heart: the centrality of Jerusalem to the Jewish people," Friedman told the crowd of nearly 100, among whom were Sara Netanyahu; Israel’s Ambassador to the US Ron Dermer; former Jerusalem mayor and current Likud MK Nir Barkat; Republican Senator  Lindsey Graham
... the endangered South Carolina RINO, fellow maverick of Honest John McCain...
; mega-donors Miriam and Sheldon Adelson; and the US ambassadors to Portugal, La Belle France and Denmark.
Friedman explained that his decision to attend the excavation event as a US ambassador stemmed from the deep significance Israel’s capital had vis-a-vis American history. "The spiritual underpinnings of our society, the bedrock of our principles in which we honor the dignity of every human life came from Jerusalem," he said. "This place is as much a heritage of the US as it is a heritage of Israel."
The PA’s foreign ministry released a statement earlier Sunday condemning the "imperialistic Judaization plans," which it charged were aimed at changing the status quo in the city. It slammed the Trump’s administration for "fully supporting the imperialistic settlement enterprise led by the far-right in the occupation state" over the officials’ participation.
Greenblatt dismissed the criticism as "ludicrous," adding on Twitter that "we can’t ’Judaize’ what history/archaeology show. We can acknowledge it; you can stop pretending it isn’t true! Peace can only be built on truth."
The Pilgrimage Road, which ascends from the Pool of Siloam to the Jewish Temple, dates to no earlier than 30-31 CE, during the time of the notorious Roman governor Pontius Pilate. That was the period when Jesus was sentenced to death, City of David archaeologist Nahshon Szanton said in a 2017 video tour of the site.
"Unlike most archaeological digs which begin from the ground down, this excavation was done subterraneously, beneath the hustle and bustle of modern Jerusalem," Doron Spielman, vice president of the City of David Foundation, wrote in a Times of Israel op-ed on Sunday. "Dozens of fiber optic cable cameras were used to decipher where to excavate, while maps and diagrams made by archaeologists over the last century and a half paved the way forward," he wrote. 
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