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Tuesday, December 3, 1996
PA: NO EVIDENCE OF JEWISH TEMPLE PERIOD IN JERUSALEM

Aaron Lerner 3 December, 1996Aaron Lerner 3 December, 1996

The following is an excerpt from "Jerusalem, A City Crying Out For
Justice" researched and prepared by Walid M. Awad, Director Of
Foreign Publications, Palestine Ministry Of Information, as it
appears on the Palestinian Authority's official WEB site.

"THE HISTORY OF JERUSALEM

"Jerusalem's name is derived from Or Salem, the city of Salem, a
Jebusite deity. Throughout its history the city has suffered from
many conquests, destruction and massacres. Any reading of the
history of Jerusalem shows that the city took the bulk of its
shape, its divine character and historical ambiance since the
Muslim CaOmar Ibn Al Kattab took Jerusalem without bloodshed in 639
AD. 300 years before that, the city was under the uninterrupted
hegemony of Romans converted to Christianity in 313 AD. Under the
Omayyad Caliphs (660-750) Jerusalem flourished, and from this
period important buildings survive: - Al Aqsa Mosque and the Dome
of the Rock above all...

"MANIPULATING JERUSALEM'S HISTORY

"Immediately after Israeli soldiers occupied Arab East Jerusalem
back in 1967, the Hebrew University, the Israeli Ministry of
Religious Affairs, anthe Department of Antiquities collectively and
individually began a massive excavation campaign in Arab East
Jerusalem in a bid to find alocate traces of Jewish existence from
the so called 'Temple Mount Era.'

"The fact of the matter is that almost thirty years of excavations
did not reveal anything Jewish, no tangible evidence of theirs was
unearthed. Much to their chagrin, what surfaced from their
underground excavations turned out to be more Muslim palaces,
courts and mosques. Other excavations revealed archeological ruins
belonging to the Romans, Greeks and Canaanites.

"...Jerusalem is not a Jewish city, despite the biblical myth
implanted in some minds. Nothing tangible has been found
to give credibility to these claims.

"RELIGION AND HOLY SITES UNDER OCCUPATION

"The white marble circle on the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in
Jerusalem is described in some literary sources and folklore
legends as the 'Center of the World.' Jerusalem's centrality
however, springs not from geographic or scientific factors, but
from spiritual and religious considerations...

"In Jerusalem, Jesus Christ spent most of his public life praying,
teaching, preaching, and explaining the essence of Christianity to
mankind. In Jerusalem, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher was
built...

"The Palestinian Arab Christian is the nucleus of this religion,
and one of its main contributors nurturing it for 2000 years."

WALID M. AWAD DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN PUBLICATIONS
PALESTINE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION

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