Archeological cleansing in Jerusalem

This strident article from Frontpage takes on the uncontrolled -- and worse, ideologically-motivated -- "construction" work on the Temple Mount:

The earth on the Temple Mount is filled with priceless artifacts and treasures, whose historic and religious and archeological value to Jews and to all mankind can only be guessed. The King's tablet found recently proves these artifacts go back at least 3000 years and probably go back further. The PLO however is devoted to perpetuating its lies about how there were never any Jewish Temples of Old standing on the Temple Mount, that the Western Wall has no religious nor historic significance to the Jews and is merely a spot where Mohammed supposedly tied up his donkey.

Even worse, the PLO is devoted to systematically destroying any archeological evidence that might be at odds with its Islamist-fascist ideology and its proclamations that there were never any Jewish Temples on the Temple Mount. Since there were no Jewish Temples there, according to Arafat's Mein Kampf, Jesus never tried to purify anything up there either and the place has no Christian significance, which will come as news to the earth's Christians.

In recent months, the PLO has operated wholesale "construction and renovation" operations on the Mount, right under Israel's nose, in which God knows how many priceless antiquities were systematically destroyed.

Although the tone is heated, the facts, as I understand them, are correct. What is particularly disturbing is how little attention has been paid to the PLO's Temple-denial; but the more extreme the claims, the more likely they are to be ignored -- to our peril.

Posted by David on January 17, 2003 1:01 PM