AhlulBayt News Agency - The Palestinian Specialist in the contemporary History of Jerusalem Mutasem Nasser said that the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has been seeking in vein since 1967 to find monuments that date back to the Suleiman or David eras in Occupied Jerusalem.
Quds Press quoted Nasser as saying that the Israeli archaeologist Israel Finkelstein affirmed more than once that Israel has not found out any Jewish archaeological discoveries since year 1967 under the Aqsa Mosque or any other location in Occupied Jerusalem based on his studies and research.
Nasser’s statements refuted Radio Israel's allegations that Israeli archaeologists discovered Jewish monuments in Silwan town near Occupied Jerusalem which date back to the first temple 2500 years ago. He said that Silwan is a targeted town by the Israeli authorities and they attempted to call it “Town of David”.
The Palestinian specialist Nasser said the Israeli allegations have political Zionist goals aiming at demolishing the Aqsa Mosque.
He pointed to the presence of discrepancies in the Israeli narrations on finding Jewish discoveries in occupied Jerusalem. Israeli sources have been issuing contradictory reports on finding monuments as they once reported discoveries beneath the town of Silwan and, in another occasion; they reported news on monuments under the Aqsa Mosque, he said.
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