Jerusalem, for fear of collapse to a close the bridge leading to the Temple Moun
The fragile condition of peace in Israel, affecting up the determinations that must be taken into structural issues. Such is the case Graveness called Bridge, which links the Kotel Plaza, the Western Wall or Wailing Wall, the Temple Mount, and recently has had to be closed for fear of a collapse.
For this reason, the engineer Shlomo Eshkol, requested the Heritage Foundation of the Western Wall, Kotel has Maaravi, ‘the immediate closure of the structure and the prohibition of use’ of it. The municipality officials highlighted the precarious wooden walkway is a threat because it is highly flammable and is in danger of collapse.
But this decision could trigger a wave of protests in the Islamic world and, for this possibility, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has not yet determined the demolition of the footbridge.
And is that the Islamic Waqf, head of the Temple Mount compound, speaking through its director said ‘this is a very sensitive issue “and had not been consulted by the closure of the bridge.
‘The bridge is very close to the Al Aqsa and the Palestinians, Arabs and Muslims of the world will rejoice. ” Thus, the Islamic organization’s director said that Israel “is trying to negatively alter the tradition under the guise of security concerns.”
The truth is that this bridge is crossed daily by hundreds of pilgrims, tourists and members of security and not even the Jews can enter the Temple Mount if they closed down the bridge.
For now, the area has been completely sealed and no one can cross it and the Jerusalem municipal engineer has reported that just may do the security forces in emergencies, for example, when disturbances occur.