(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The bar against non-Moslems entering the Machpela, the Cave of the Patriarchs, has not been lifted, the Moslem Supreme Council declared in a statement to the representative of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency here.
According to a report current here ten days ago the prohibition had been lifted by the Moslem Supreme Council. The cave is located near Hebron and is one of Palstine’s Holy Sites held by the Moslems. In the twelfth century the cave of the Machpela began to attract visitors and pilgrims. It is concealed by a mosque which was formerly a church built by the crusaders in the twelfth century and restored by the Arabs.
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