The city of Jerusalem may make the Western Wall accessible by cable car. Quoting a municipal source, Yediot Achronot reported Wednesday that there is preliminary approval for a plan to erect a cable-car network linking the Old City’s Wall Plaza with a station on the far side of the Hinnom Valley, half a mile away.
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