UNESCO censures Israel over Mughrabi Bridge - Israel News, Ynetnews
UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee decided to accept a petition by Jordan and issued an official censure of Israel over the archeological excavations near the Mughrabi Gate in the Jerusalem’s Old City.
UNESCO’s censure calls for the immediate cessation of all renovation work done on the Mughrabi Gate bridge, which leads from the Western Wall plaza in Jerusalem to the to the al-Aqsa Mosque and Temple Mount.
UN Agency censures Israel. Not news. The bridge is a stalking horse to try and pressure Israel to stop archaeological work in the Old City. Arabs are terrified that these excavations will continue to turn up proof of a continuous Jewish presence which is contemporary to, or even predates, non-Jewish settlement of Jerusalem.