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A newly developed visitor route through the Western Wall tunnel has opened to visitors in Jerusalem, as part of hopes that Israel’s tourism industry will come back to life with the help of its leading vaccination figures. The new tour offers insight into, among other things, a magnificent public building from the Second Temple period that was discovered during excavations in the wall’s tunnels. Visitors can currently gain access by guided tour only. However the opening also comes as coronavirus infection rates across Israel have surged, with health authorities reporting their highest figures i…
It was formerly called the “Wailing Wall” by European observers because for centuries, Jews came here to mourn the loss of their temple.
Now called the Western Wall, no longer do we wail there.