Senior Palestinian officials on Tuesday strongly accused Israel of putting the final touches of judaizing east Jerusalem for declaring the whole city as the unified capital of Israel, warning that this would escalate tensions between the two feuds.
The Palestinian accusation came after the Jerusalem authorities ' approval of a plan to make changes to the Wailing Wall, which is called by Palestinians as al-Buraq wall, west of al-Aqsa Mosque, including digging tunnels and building Jewish synagogues and police stations near the holy site.
Israeli Radio reported on Tuesday that the committee of planning and construction in the Jerusalem municipality approved on Monday the comprehensive plan in changing the characteristics of the Wailing Wall and the area that surrounds it.
The Radio said that the plan includes opening a new entrance to the wall from the gate that fronts the neighborhood of Silwan in the old city of Jerusalem, which would dig a long tunnel from the neighborhood passes underneath the southern fence and ends up at the wall.
The plan, according to the Radio, would build the facilities for physically disabled Jews to reach the wall, toilets and an electronic elevator that links between the Jewish quarter and the hall of the Wailing Wall in the old city.
According to the plan, the old Roman road will be reopened and renovated which begins at Silwan entrance and leads to the current archaeological excavations. A security check hall will also be build into the tunnel.
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