Truthfully, I think neither. The real cause is much deeper. The tunnel,
as I understand it (based on what are provable facts) is a symptom. Let
us all hope for peace.
Eliot Braun, Jerusalem
On Thu, 26 Sep 1996, James Duncan wrote:
> Is it the existence or the use that is the cause of the problem?
> James Duncan
>
> On Thu, 26 Sep 1996, Eliot BRAUN - 892213 wrote:
>
> > In discussing my last posting with Prof. Amos Kloner of the Israel
> > Antiquities Authority he reminded me that the same tunnel was discovered
> > way back in the last century and described and published in some detail
> > in THE SURVEY OF WESTERN PALESTINE 1884 in the volume on Jerusaelm pp.
> > 211 ff. The tunnel is an ancient rock-cut passageway which was full of
> > water in 1885 on which Sir Charles Warren rafted when he discovered it.
> > Eliot Braun
> >
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