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The Israeli government is weighing whether to allow a team of Jordanian engineers to repair a worrisome bulge along the southern wall of Jerusalem’s Temple Mount. The bulge has grown to 625 feet in length and protrudes 2.5 feet.a The Jordanians made a series of recommendations in November following their inspection of the bulge the previous month.
The Jordanian team recommends dismantling some 1,500 square feet of wall at the center of the bulge, reinforcing the area with new building materials and then recovering the area with stone.
Repair work would be done by the Jordanians and would be observed—but not supervised—by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA).
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