Friday, June 30, 2006
It's taken two years because they fear Muslim rioting, in spite of the fact that there has already been one accident that only by chance didn't hurt anyone.
Haaretz: Two years on, dangerous Temple Mount ramp will finally be removed
The ramp, which leads from the Western Wall plaza to one of the Temple Mount Gates, is located in one of the most sensitive places in the world, and plans to carry out excavations under it have therefore been held up by the Shin Bet security service and the prime minister's military secretary for the past two years, for fear of Muslim riots.
...The need to remove the ramp arose in February 2004, when one of its supporting walls collapsed into the West Wall plaza. Fortunately, no one was hurt, but the city eng ineer said that the ramp was unstable and must be removed soon...
Echoes of the constant disasters that occur in Saudi Arabia around the Hadj, only we're not just talking about a rickety ramp.