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Last update - 00:50 12/05/2008 Jerusalem planners okay route of new bridge to Mugrabi Gate By The Associated Press Tags: Jerusalem, Mugrabi Gate  Jerusalem's City Hall on Sunday said its planning commission has approved the route of a new bridge to the hotly disputed Temple Mount, a site holy to both Muslims and Jews. An earthquake damaged the old bridge to the site. When Israeli workers tried to repair the damage last year, that set off demonstrations by Palestinians. They charged Israel was trying to undermine the Al Aqsa Mosque inside the gate. Advertisement On Sunday the Jerusalem municipality said its planning commission has approved the route of the new bridge. It will be built on a few columns, guiding it over archaeological findings discovered when the old bridge was destroyed. The original plan for the bridge, which leads from the Old City's Dung Gate and the Western Wall to the Temple Mount's Mugrabi Gate, raised hackles in the Arab world when it was presented last year, due to allegations that it would damage the site. Related articles: New plan for Temple Mount bridge aims to silence critics A bridge too far UNESCO chief: We are trying to mediate over Temple Mount bridge Bookmark to del.icio.us   A top priority Barack Obama: We will keep Israel's security a priority. Tale of a key Cartoon film on Nakba describes Jews as 'enemies of homeland'.

Read & React Lebanon PM: Hezbollah is worse than Israel Responses: 275 Gideon Levy: PM probe raises serious questions about U.S. Jewry-Israel relations Responses: 81 Tales from a N.Y. cabby: 'My first wife was Muslim, my second was Jewish' Responses: 53 Rosner's Domain What Does It Mean To Be "Pro-Israel"? Malley will not advise Obama (WTR) Poll: What happend in Lebanon? Obama and the Jews: is 61% enough? Who's pushing the US to war with Iran? (WTR) More Headlines 23:05 Talansky: Don't know how Olmert spent funds I gave him 00:47 Kadima members berate Livni for silence over Olmert probe 23:07 Lebanon PM: Hezbollah did to Beirut what Israel didn't dare 00:39 Ex-IDF Chief: Hezbollah rule in Lebanon may help Israel beat it 20:02 President Peres: Hamas has rockets, but it has no future 00:50 Jerusalem planners okay route of new bridge to Mugrabi Gate 17:08 Cartoon film on Nakba describes Jews as 'enemies of homeland' 20:54 Israel relaxes criteria for Holocaust survivors' stipends 22:43 Junior lecturers to disrupt studies in protest against work conditions 19:03 Three Qassams hit Negev, one explodes near schoolbus 17:55 UN asks Israel to probe raid which killed Gaza teacher last week 19:41 World War II veterans mark VE day in Jerusalem march Previous Editions Select Day 11 may 09 may 08 may 07 may 06 may 05 may 04 may 02 may 01 may 30 apr 29 apr 28 apr

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