TM7;
I beg to disagree ! I subscribe to the "Biblical; Archaeology Review"; the publication standard for those involved in archaeology in the Holy Lands.
Let's get up to speed..there has been strong evidence found of David's reign, and there is more evidence being found every day that for the
most part, reinforces the Biblical view ! A person either has to be historically and archaeologically blind to even DREAM of denying the Jewish history
that is so intertwined in that area for so many millennia.
There is a great struggle going on at this very time, over the more recent "giveaways" of the various "peace conferences" sponsored by other nations.
The Muslims now control the acreage of the Temple Mount..thanks to interfering "peacemakers". Since the Muslims are in charge there, they are busy
digging up the mount, trying to erase any of the ancient evidence of Jewish temples and occupation.
There is a blindness to their diligent attempts at erasure..they have to dump their fill in the valley of, I believe Hinom, ( I'll have to look it up ).
The honest archaeologists are searching through the loads dumped there and finding ancient artifacts that prove the ancient occupancy by the Jews.
With all the digging, there is danger to the "Wailing Wall"..a foundation wall of Solomon's Temple and the Temple reconstructed under Herod.
The Jews are disturbed, because this Wailing Wall is a very important site to them, and it is in danger of collapse. The Muslims are oblivious to Jewish
complaints about the destructive digging by the Arab "antiquities" gang on the platform above their wall.
Clever as the Muslims may think they are, they may well be operating at the REAL God's will. If the wall comes down..perhaps it will take that
"Dome of the Rock" down, paving the way for a third, and last Temple...
Remember folks, this struggle is between two religions, Judaism and the Johnny-come-lately, Muslim cult. The Muslims did not even exist before
Muhammad invented it in AD 620.
As a culture, there are very old enemies surrounding Israel..old enemies, but comparatively new religious fanatics.