Word: tunnels
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...going violence in Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza was directly provoked by the Israeli opening of a tunnel which borders the foundations of Al-Haram Al-Sharif--the third holiest site to Muslims around the world. The proximity of the tunnel to Al-Haram Al-Sharif, coupled with previous attempts at undermining the Islamic character of the shrine has caused angry responses all around the Arab and Islamic worlds. The opening of the tunnel came unilaterally without prior consultation with the Palestinian Authority; the right-wing mayor of Jerusalem Ehud Olmert proudly declared that "the time has come...
Israel claims that the tunnel does not infringe on the Islamic Holy sites and is for "touristic purposes only". Does this mean that the current Israeli government is willing to sacrifice so much blood and endanger the whole peace process for the sake of a "touristic project"? Highly unlikely. Israel's latest move is of great symbolic importance...
...status from West Bank and Gaza Strip. Israel stands virtually alone in the international community (with the exception of El Salvador, Zaire and Costa Rica) in declaring the city as its unified capital. In the midst of Israeli rhetoric, Netanyahu confirms the real motives behind the opening of the tunnel as an "expression of our [Israeli] sovereignty over Jerusalem...
...Israeli army on the other. The outbreak violence also comes after months of Israeli violations which included expansion of settlements on the West Bank, delay of the re-deployment from Hebron and the continued closure of Jerusalem from the territories. Although sparked by the opening of the tunnel, the unrest came as a result of Palestinian disillusionment with the peace process...
...latest uprisings in the Middle East began when Israel's new prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, opened an archaeological tunnel that abuts a mosque considered holy by Palestinians and other Muslims...