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Mayor Urges Israeli Takeover of Sewage-Filled Solomon’s Pools

8/4/2026

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Mayor Dovi Shefler says the Palestinian Authority is letting Solomon’s Pools decay and urges Israeli control.
Archaeologists date the three second-century B.C. Hasmonean reservoirs, which hold about 288,000 cubic meters from the Arrub and el-Biyar aqueducts.
The 1993 Oslo Accords assign the pools to Area A under Palestinian control, yet Yonatan Marcus says sewage now fills them after the PA diverted wastewater.

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Mayor Dovi Shefler says the Palestinian Authority is letting Solomon’s Pools decay and urges Israeli control.
Archaeologists date the three second-century B.C. Hasmonean reservoirs, which hold about 288,000 cubic meters from the Arrub and el-Biyar aqueducts.
The 1993 Oslo Accords assign the pools to Area A under Palestinian control, yet Yonatan Marcus says sewage now fills them after the PA diverted wastewater.