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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

East Jerusalem road collapses, allegedly due to Israeli excavation

Ma'an
A section of a main road collapsed in the Silwan area of East Jerusalem as a result of underground Israeli excavation on Monday, according to a local civic activist who witnessed the incident....

A similar collapse reportedly occurred about two months ago at Ad-Daraj neighborhood in the Al-Ayn area as a result of Israeli excavations.

Israeli archaeologists have been digging for years underneath Silwan... The underground dig has also been made into a tourist attraction, where visitors can tour tunnels that run underneath present-day East Jerusalem.

The issue is sensitive because the Jerusalem Municipality has also declared its intention to bulldoze part of the Palestinian neighborhood to make way for a park.

Silwan is part of East Jerusalem, which is considered occupied territory by the international community, which does not therefore recognize the legitimacy of Israeli control over the area... Full story
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