Israel Denies Accusations Of Excavations Under Temple Mount

JERUSALEM - OCTOBER 22: A religious Jewish family escorts their 13-year-old son under a Tallit (Jewish prayer shawl) past al-Aqsa mosque to his Barmitzvah ceremony at the Western Wall, Judaism's holist site, on October 22, 2009 in Jerusalem's Old City. The Israeli Government Press Office organized a foreign press tour of the excavations which run alongside the outside of the Western Wall of the Temple Mount compound to categorically deny claims that the Israeli Antiquities Authority is conducting digs underneath al-Aqsa mosque. The Temple Mount, which was the site of the 1st and 2nd Jewish Temples, is known to Muslims as el-Harem al-Sharif and is today the site of both the golden Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa mosque, Islam's third holiest shrine. (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images)