Exavations in Al-Aqsa

Collection title

Reporting

ID

PBC00267

Source

PBC (PS)

First broadcast date

01/02/2012

Production year

2012

Abstract

Report on Israel’s excavations under Al-Aqsa Mosque, in Jerusalem, to find the presumed town. Some images of the excavations and extracts showing Israeli people digging tunnels under the Mosque, that become deeper and deeper, therefore threatening the sanctity of Al-Aqsa. The report also shows Israeli repeated attempts to falsify history and to turn the Islamic monuments Jewish, in Jerusalem. Meeting with the leader of the Al-Aqsa organization, who raises the alarm on the increasing of the excavations during the past 10 years. He warns about its serious impact on the identity of Al-Aqsa and Jerusalem.

Type

video

Production companies

• ERTU - Own production

Broadcaster

PBC - Palestine T.V.

Audiovisual form

Library footage

Primary theme

Archaeological sites

Secondary themes

• Contemporary historical challenges 19th-20th c.
• Tourism and cultural sites / Tourist sites
• Tourism and cultural sites / Urbanism and cities / Capitals

Credits / Cast

• Jemhour Nahrou - Journalist

Period of events

• 2010

Map locations

• Palestine - West bank - Jerusalem

Original language

Arabic

Media running time

2m8