Monday, April 18, 2005

A GRAVE CONTROVERSY:
Highway engineer receives threat note warning road damages graves
By Roni Singer, Haaretz Correspondent


The chief engineer of the Trans-Israel Highway received a threatening letter on Sunday, apparently part of a stand-off over extending the road into an area some ultra-Orthodox Jews say contains ancient graves.

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews have criticized plans to extend the partially-completed toll road, arguing that it passes over a site where Jews were buried during the Second Temple Period (536 B.C.E. to 70 C.E.). ...

And what do archaeologists say?

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