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Despite what the United Nations believes, no amount of voting or resolutions can change truth. Facts and reality aren’t based on public opinion. As it turns out, truth is actually rooted in facts and reality. When it comes to Jerusalem, the facts are that the holy city has been the central focus of the Jewish Nation since our forefather Abraham first came to Jerusalem over 4,000 years ago. His son, Isaac, and grandson, Jacob, continued the legacy and established the ancient Israelites in the Land of Israel with Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish Nation. King David eventually moved his throne to Jerusalem and declared the city the official capital of the First Jewish Commonwealth 3,000 years ago. The first and second Holy Temples stood in the heart of Jewish Jerusalem for hundreds of years. Since that time and despite 2,000 years in the exile, the Jews have never had a capital city anywhere else in the world throughout history! Since those biblical times, the Jews have maintained our absolute connection and love for our unified, eternal capital. In 1948, with the establishment of the modern State of Israel, the Jews reaffirmed this eternal bond by establishing Jerusalem as the capital city. When the Arab world challenged and re-challenged Israel by attacking us and starting war after war, Israel successfully defended Jerusalem and reunified it under Israeli sovereignty — something we will never relinquish. This is the reality. This is the TRUTH about Jerusalem, regardless of how the UN votes or what nonsensical resolutions they pass. Want proof? Take a simple look at the thousands of years worth of archaeological facts that have been uncovered and continue to be uncovered. Thank God facts and reality aren’t based on a UN vote! The article below explains how Israel continues to promote facts and truth… Please SHARE the TRUTH about Jerusalem!
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Regev pushes for extensive Old City excavations in Jerusalem
Article Courtesy: YNet News
Unlike previous excavations in Israel’s capital that focused more on “saving” sites, the current plan deals with planned work to uncover, preserve and develop Jerusalem’s Old City from the Har Etzion region to the City of David. The project does, however, exclude the Temple Mount complex, where no excavations are planned.
The plan constitutes a historic initiative, as it marks the first time an official Israeli government agency undertakes widespread excavations in the Old City. The plan is estimated to cost NIS 250 million (roughly $70 million).
Internal Israel Antiquities Authority documents obtained by Yedioth Ahronoth present the Shalem Project, the name of the five-year plan. The original government decision to go forward with the plan in principle was made this past May, when the cabinet convened in the Old City’s Western Wall Tunnels on Jerusalem Day.
In its original decision, the government set a 60-day deadline for the Israel Antiquities Authority to present a detailed plan to undertake renovations.
Minister Regev has also appeaked to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to buedge the project from the budgetary reserves, which are set to be allocated in the coming weeks. The Culture Ministry, meanwhile, provided NIS 10 million of its own budget so works may commence.
Among the sites to be developed as part of the project are the Pool of Siloam, the Spring Fortress, the terraced street climbing from the City of David to the Temple Mount, the Givati parking lot, the Tanners’ Gate plaza, the Western Wall’s foundations below Robinson’s Arch, the Southern Wall’s Triple Gate and others. Works are intended to preserve, reconstruct and develop the sites, as well as to make them more accessible to visitors.
