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"[The Temple Mount] was never excavated because of the political and religious sensitivity of the place," said Barkay. Nevertheless, Barkay said he would have preferred that all of the artifacts now being found would have been kept in place.
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Israel's press is turning a blind eye to the archaeological damage on the Temple Mount. So says archaeology student Tzachi Tzveig, who organized last Thursday's demonstration of senior archaeologists in the Kidron Valley. He told Arutz-7 today about the recent rally sponsored by Zo Artzeinu, "which attracted 5,000 people who protested the Waqf's desecration of the Temple Mount. This was the first time in the history of the State that such a large demonstration on this issue took place! Everyone who was there saw the plethora of reporters and television cameras. Yet the next day's papers totally ignored it!
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The most significant high place in Israel used by God was the Temple Mount at Jerusalem. God instructed David to purchase the site as the location for the temple, which Solomon later built. The Babylonians destroyed this temple in 586 BC, but Zerubbabel built another one on the site nearly a century later.
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