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Wednesday, April 5, 2017
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Temple Mount sifting project to remain open
A project searching for artifacts buried in soil removed from Jerusalem’s Temple Mount in the 1990s will remain open following the intervention of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The Temple Mount Sifting Project said this week it was “on the verge of closure” after the Ir David Foundation pulled its longstanding financial support.
A statement from Netanyahu’s office says Ir David will continue to fund the “important project,
It says Israel Antiquities Authority director Israel Hasson will meet with Ir David director David Be’eri in the coming days.
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