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Article: Temple Mount bulge an explosive problem; Muslims, Jews disagree on fixing wall.(PAGE ONE)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- August 29, 2002
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Byline: Abraham Rabinovich, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
JERUSALEM - A bulge in the wall of Jerusalem's Temple Mount, a site holy to both Jews and Muslims, has introduced a new and potentially explosive element into the Israeli-Palestinian confrontation.
Jerusalem's mayor and Israeli conservationists warn that some of the massive stone blocks lining the southern wall of the Al Aqsa Mosque compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as Haram al Sharif, are shifting and in danger of crashing down on worshippers unless the affected section is dismantled and rebuilt.
"In my view we have reached the moment of truth," Jerusalem Mayor Ehud ...