{"id":1180,"date":"2016-12-14T06:48:20","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T06:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emekshaveh.org\/en\/?p=1180"},"modified":"2016-12-14T06:51:28","modified_gmt":"2016-12-14T06:51:28","slug":"court-petition-western-wall-tunnels-a-holy-site-for-christians-muslims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emekshaveh.org\/en\/court-petition-western-wall-tunnels-a-holy-site-for-christians-muslims\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Petition: Western Wall Tunnels a Holy Site for Christians, Muslims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The High Court of Justice has agreed to hear a petition asking why the Western Wall Tunnels have been declared a holy site for Jews and not for Muslims and Christians as well.<br \/>\nThe petition was filed by Emek Shaveh, a group of archaeologists seeking to prevent the politicization of archaeology. It came after the Religious Services Ministry\u2019s legal adviser, Hagay Avrahami, said in a letter the tunnels were governed by the regulations preserving Jewish holy sites because the entrance to them leads from the Western Wall Plaza.<\/p>\n<p>Nir Hasson, Haaretz<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/.premium-1.758885\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/.premium-1.758885<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The High Court of Justice has agreed to hear a petition asking why the Western Wall Tunnels have been declared a holy site for Jews and not for Muslims and Christians as well. The petition was filed by Emek Shaveh, a group of archaeologists seeking to prevent the politicization of archaeology. 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