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Sharon Instructs Shetreet to Halt Excavations in Acco
By B. Kahn and Y. Ariel

Following public outrage over the desecration of ancient Jewish graves in Acco Prime Minister Ariel Sharon instructed Transportation Minister Meir Shetreet to halt excavation work at the site. As a result it was decided to postpone the mass demonstration originally scheduled to take place in Jerusalem last Thursday.

Dozens of activists converged on Acco early last week to protest the unearthing of bodily remains by the Antiquities Authority in order to dig a tunnel for a road under train tracks. Numerous arrests were made and fourteen of the protesters spent several days in jail.

Degel HaTorah Chairman MK Rabbi Avrohom Ravitz and Degel HaTorah Secretary MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni applied heavy pressure on the Prime Minister's Office and the Transportation Minister to cease excavation work immediately.

Following a conversation with Rabbis Ravitz and Gafni, Government Secretary Attorney Yisrael Maimon and Minister Shetreet met with PM Sharon, who instructed the Transportation Minister to halt the excavation work and to engage in dialogue with representatives from the Association for the Prevention of Grave Desecration.

Shortly thereafter Shetreet called HaRav Michah Rothschild, one of the heads of the Association for the Prevention of Grave Desecration, to notify him of the decision and to arrange a meeting to solve the problem. Until then the foundation work at the site has stopped completely.

Maranan verabonon have called on the public to do what they can to protect the ancient graves.

 

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