BY Tyler Durden, ZERO HEDGE
The Vatican has constructed a secret underground tunnel in Jerusalem that has infuriated a local preservation group who claim the tunnel resides in a sensitive area that may contain antiquities and other artifacts.
The Regavim Movement, a research-based think tank and lobbying group dedicated to preserving Israel’s national lands and resources, recently filed a petition with the Jerusalem District Court, demanding the city take action against the illegal underground tunnel.
According to the petition submitted to the Jerusalem District Court, the Regavim Movement alleges the church concealed the existence of the 100-meter long tunnel that infringes on public property in an area allegedly known for archaeological remains.
The petition says the tunnel connects the Church of the Dormition on Mount Zion in the Old City of Jerusalem to “Beit Josef,” a nearby guest house.
“When the details began to come into focus, we demanded over and over that the Jerusalem Municipality publicize the documentation of its findings, as required by the Freedom of Information Law. We further demanded that oversight, inspection and law enforcement procedures be taken immediately, to restore the site to its previous condition either by sealing off or demolishing the tunnel,” attorneys Avi Segal and Yael Cinnamon of the Regavim Movement told The Jerusalem Post.
“We filed this petition only when our repeated requests to the Jerusalem Municipality were not answered,” the attorneys said.
Naomi Kahn, director of Regavim’s International Division, told Jewish News Syndicate, “the fact that the State of Israel has not protected the antiquities that we know are there and how the digging of the tunnel has disturbed what’s there is outrageous.”
“To dig a tunnel in such a sensitive area without any oversight, inspection or access to the public is insane,” Kahn added. “They had no right to do so, to begin with.”
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Watch: The Church’s secret tunnel hidden by the Jerusalem Municipality
There are many questions about why the Vatican secretly constructed a tunnel through a plot of land known for ancient artifacts. Perhaps the tunnel’s true intent is not for transportation, but rather church officials were searching for something…
@ N:
Not So….., mis-keys are just that, typos,…. and facts are facts. Pope Alexander 6th was the father of Caesare and Luzrezia Borgia and 4-5 more assorted children, from a single, faithful secular “friend”. And there were others…but for fear of making a REAL lapsus, unblessed by Alexander, who is unavailable, I refrein. Of course I might find an “indulgence” merchant.but….Naah.
@ Edgar G.:
what a “lapsus”, Vatican has only boy friends.
Maybe they have “girl friends” staying at Beit Joseph from time to time……..Or they had a “treasure” map, say of the massive amounts from Jerusalem hidden somewhere still unknown. The Copper Scroll cannot be properly interpreted to this day. It MUST have some meaning since to make it was a very onorous and delicate job of work, and then it was well hidden for 2000 years. There HAS to have been a good reason. The quesion is, to what do the open remarks really refer to, the areas and locations must be in some sort of code, with say, Beitar meaning Jerusalem, and so forth.