Israel To Build Synagogue Beneath Muslims’ Al-Aqsa Mosque

Gaza, 3 Jumadil Awal 1437/11 February 2016 (MINA) – Reports were recently released on Israeli intents to build a Jewish synagogue beneath the Hamam al-Ein Islamic endowment property, a few meters away from Muslims’ the holy al-Aqsa  Mosque.

Sponsors of the bid are set to inaugurate the project sometime in the spring, with the advent of Jewish holidays, The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting.

Other excavations are expected to be carried out in the area to pave the way for the construction of the site.

The project is sponsored by the Wailing Wall Legacy Fund public company affiliated with Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu’s office.

A series of pictures released by the Q-Press center shows the site as being built at the expense of the Islamic Mamlukiya historical hall beneath the Hamam al-Ein area, a few meters away from al-Aqsa’s Western Wall.

A field visit to the area by the Q-Press team kept record of a set of Islamic sites and monuments dating back to the Ottoman Empire and which were transformed into Judaized halls and museums.

Since 2002, the Israeli occupation authorities have been digging beneath and above Hamam al-Ein area and its vicinity in an attempt to wipe out the area’s typically Islamic character. (T/P011/R07)

Mi’raj Islamic News Ageny (MINA)