Sunday, May 2, 2010

Get down underground on a tour of the tunnels that run under the old town of Jerusalem


Get down underground on a tour of the tunnels that run under the old town of Jerusalem where Israel takes groups of tourists to push its version of history. Despite the fact that no real proof has been found of the existence of Solomon's Temple, the Temple Mount, see a mock dummy of the temple placed in the tunnel and used by tour guides to push assumptions about where it used to be. We will take you all the way to where The Islamic Waqf (keepers of Al Aqsa Mosque Compound that includes the Dome of the Rock) has blocked Israeli excavations to protect the Holy Site from damage. They managed to do so after riots broke out in 1996 in which 90 Palestinians were killed in what became known as the "Tunnels Intifada"; the result of Israel's attempt to dig under the Aqsa compound. Soon after going into the tunnels, and after hearing what was being said, the Israeli security prohibits the Sleepless Crew from using professional cameras and Ashira from talking! The crew then used a tourist video camera and completed the job in low resolution; Ashira never stopped talking! Please excuse the quality of video after we switch to an amateur camera. FROM GAZA: Thirsty? Grab some empty bottles of water and head to the Khan Younis municipality's water treatment station! Prefer politically motivated water services instead? Join Eman at a small desalination plant run by the Salafi Islamic Movement that provides free water to societies, schools and certain neighborhoods!

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