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- From: HZS@psuvm.psu.edu (Therion)
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- Subject: Israeli dig news
- Message-ID: <93027.174449HZS@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 22:44:49 GMT
- Organization: Penn State University
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- Just passing this along for informative purposes:
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- >High Court of Justice Allows Excavations at French Hill in
- >Jerusalem
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- >Israel Radio reports that the High Court of Justice today rejected
- >appeals opposing excavations at French Hill in Jerusalem. The
- >excavations were aimed at removing the contents of ancient burial
- >caves for proper reburial before a highway was built above them.
- >The court's ruling paves the way for the road to be built despite
- >the discovery of the burial cave. It is anticipated that the road
- >will be constructed along a path proposed by a ministerial
- >committee over fewer caves than the original path. Regarding four
- >other burial caves which were discovered along the highway's
- >initially designated course, the High Court of Justice decided that
- >they are not holy sites. This decision makes the contents of the
- >caves the responsibility of the Israel Antiquities Authority. KOL
- >YISRAEL reports that it is customary for the Antiquities Authority
- >to transfer human bones found in caves to the Ministry of Religious
- >Affairs for reburial.
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- >Hundreds of Demonstrators Try to Halt Excavations in Jerusalem
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- >KOL YISRAEL reports this afternoon that hundreds of ultra-religious
- >Jews (Hebrew: Haredim) are marching on French Hill in Jerusalem,
- >where excavations of the burial cave there resumed following this
- >morning's ruling by the High Court of Justice. Security forces are
- >halting the crowd, which is forcibly trying to stop the excavation.
- >The demonstrators began setting garbage collection sites on fire.
- >Two demonstrators are already reported under arrest. Jerusalem's
- >Chief of Police told KOL YISRAEL that he predicts the disturbances
- >will continue for several days.
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