ISRAEL PLANS LIGHT METRO LINKING THE TWO PARTS OF OCCUPIED JERUSALEM
Jordan News Agency
April 21, 2010 Wednesday
Occupied Jerusalem, April 21(Petra) -Israeli occupation authorities
will set up a light metro line to link the two parts of the occupied
holy city of Jerusalem in order to transfer a huge number of Jewish
families from western part of the city to the surrounding areas of
Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Arab-dominated Eastern Jerusalem.
Head of Jerusalem file in the Palestinian Authority, Hatem Abdel Qader
told Petra reporter in Ramallah on Wednesday that Marshal Engineering
Corporation (MEC), an American firm, will implement the project and
has already reached an advanced stage in the planning and engineering
designs of project.
"According to the designs of which PA has obtained a copy, a tunnel for
the metro will be excavated from Al Sabea building at West Jerusalem
to al Aqsa Compound" Abdel Qader added.
He pointed out that part of the tunnel will be dug under the Armenian
cemetery leading to Prophet David’s Gate. He warned against the
dangerous consequences of the Israeli project which jeopardize the
Arab and Islamic identity of the holy city and urged Arab states
to take immediate action to an end to Israeli violation and prevent
American company from completing the project.