(IsraelNN.com) Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger visited the site where a controversial foot bridge is to be built at the Temple Mount and urged officials to continue work on the project despite a decision by the mayor of Jerusalem to suspend plans to complete the work.
Archaeologists are continuing to dig in the area, but Mayor Uri Lupolianski said he would hold up the actual work on a new bridge until the entire process is rechecked and all parties can state their positions. Rabbi Metzger stated, "The Temple Mount belongs to the Jews; it is forbidden to give in."
Archaeologists are continuing to dig in the area, but Mayor Uri Lupolianski said he would hold up the actual work on a new bridge until the entire process is rechecked and all parties can state their positions. Rabbi Metzger stated, "The Temple Mount belongs to the Jews; it is forbidden to give in."