He said the Israelis are digging tunnels in the area of the Temple Mount in an attempt to find historical evidence of a Jewish presence, “but they failed to do so despite all their efforts to falsify history and deny the existence of Palestinian historical sites.”

However, the truth is that the Waqf, the Islamic Trust responsible for the Mosque of Al-Aqsa compound on the Temple Mount, routinely destroys archaeological evidence that supports Jewish and biblical claims to the site. During construction of an underground mosque at Solomon’s Stables, the Waqf threw out countless Temple Period artifacts, some of which Israeli archaeologists later retrieved at a Jerusalem area garbage dump.

Palestinian officials continue to make ludicrous claims that Israel is planning to destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest place in Islam, in order to replace it with...

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