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Supreme Court Rejects Petition Against City of David Excavations in Jerusalem
[Jerusalem Post] Abe Selig - The Israel Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition against the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) submitted by residents of the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, concerning excavations at the City of David archeological park. The IAA claimed that the residents were being "incited by other figures whose considerations are political," and maintained that the excavations are "exposing Jerusalem's magnificent past, in all of the periods." "These finds are of utmost importance to the Jewish people in particular and world culture in general," the IAA said. Justice Edna Arbel, who issued Monday's court ruling, said: "The petitioners did not argue that any damage had been caused to their houses, and the respondents explained that the activity on the land was indeed underground, but did not extend as far as the houses of the petitioners."