Eye on the Middle East Feb/Mar 2000

JERUSALEM—In an attempt to enlarge an exit to an underground mosque, the Muslim Wakf has been illegally excavating underneath the Temple Mount and dumping the dirt by the truckload into the Kidron Valley. Israeli archaeologists and other officials have protested loudly, calling the excavation a blatant violation of the law. Their protests, however, have been ignored. Some have gone so far as to