Reuters: Wall of Second Temple-era Jerusalem found in Mt. Zion excavations
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Title: While legit excavations like these are of historic value and are Name: lakshmi City: State:
to be endorsed, israel is simultaneously carrying on digging around the Al Aksa mosque and other sites holy to Muslims.Those are to be condemned because they are attempts to disguise the Muslim presence in Jerusalam which has been there since 678 A.D. with the building of the Dome of the Rock which is still in existence,unlike the second temple. The reports are that sharon walked around to determine where the cornerstone of a third temple could be laid.This launched the second intifada. Poster no. 2 is asking for trouble. Leave well enough alone!