Internet Users to Watch Live Archaeological Work at Jerusalem's Temple Mount

The Israel authorities decided to organize live broadcasting of the excavations at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem via Internet, as stated by the Press service of the government.

The broadcasting is to start on Thursday, February 15, in the evening. To watch the course of the excavations, the Internet users are invited to visit the site of the Israel Antiquities Authority that bears the responsibility for all the archaeological investigations conducted in the country. The representatives of the authorities have almost finished the installation of cameras at the sacred site of Jerusalem.

Right now the site offers everyone to watch a video one-reeler in English. It lasts for three minutes and contains the necessary explanations concerning the project given by the leading Israel archaeologist, Gideon Avni.

As a matter of the fact, the archaeological investigations and construction work to follow have raised a lot of protest among the Muslims. The critics of the project express their alarm that the excavations that will be followed by the construction of the new bridge for walkers will somehow damage the Islamic sacred site of the Temple Mount including Al-Aqsa Mosque and Qubbat as-Sakhra.

As for the Israel authorities, they strongly disagree with such the assumptions and state that the fears have been spread in an attempt to undermine people's trust in the authorities and thus gain political power. The authorities have taken the protests as the project's opponents attempt to manipulate the religious feelings of Israel people.

The Temple Mount, also called The Noble Sanctuary by Arabs and Muslims, is located in the Old City of Jerusalem. The first and second Jewish Temples, both destroyed in the past, were erected there. The representatives of Judaism believe that the temple Mount will become the site of the third and the last Temple that will be rebuilt after the coming of the Messiah. It is found on the list of the most contested religious sites worldwide.