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Ha'aretz: Teddy Kollek, A.B. Yehoshua, Yehuda Amichai and S. Yizhar asks PM to stop Temple Mount building - fear dammage to archeological treasures By Nadav Shragai 25 June 2000 A group of noted Israeli authors and former Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek sent an urgent letter to Prime Minister Ehud Barak on Friday asking him to intervene in order to stop any further construction on the Temple Mount. Among the petitioners are A.B. Yehoshua, Yehuda Amichai and S. Yizhar, who asked that any further entry of construction materials and heavy equipment into the Temple Mount be stopped until a solution is reached with the Waqf (Islamic Trust). The Islamic Movement in Israel and the Waqf have undertaken extensive construction and renovation projects on the Temple Mount, causing significant concern over the possibility that damage will be caused to the site and its archaeological treasures and that the status quo which effectively keeps a fine balance at the contested site may be violated. In their letter, the petitioners also ask that the government allow the press to enter the Temple Mount and cover the construction there, and that the Department of Antiquities be allowed to investigate whether the renovations at the site have caused damage.
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