Senior Palestinian Arab official Saeb Erekat on Monday once again condemned the participation of US envoys in the unveiling of an ancient road used by pilgrims during the Second Temple period to bring sacrifices to the Temple in Jerusalem and scoffed at their account that it was for a new archaeology project, AFP reports.
Erekat claimed that the tunnel was a project being used by Israeli right-wingers to further Israel's claim on eastern Jerusalem and advance “settlement” growth there.
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