It bears mentioning, somewhat belatedly, that Ramadan came and went last year without the prognosticated collapse of the southern wall of the Temple Mount. Thank God.
Now, at last, it seems that a compromise has been reached whereby the much needed repairs to the wall may be effected. "The involvement of the Jordanians in the work is an excellent solution because, looking at the problem solely from an archeological point of view, they know how to work very well," said Danny Bahat, who in the past served as Jerusalem regional archeologist for the Antiquities Authority.As a team of senior Jordanian engineers began repair work on the bulge on the southern wall of Jerusalem's Temple Mount, leading Israeli archeologists are praising the Jordanian involvement in successfully circumventing a two-year dispute at the site.
The solution by no means solves the broader problem of preservation of the archeological integrity of the site, but it does provide temporary containment of what could have turned into a particularly nasty and untimely confrontation.
Shabbat Shalom.
