From the names of the castle
This name is not spread.
And the “Tower of David” and this last name used wrongly “to this day and used by Israeli institutions.
History of the castle
The Romans built the castle of Jerusalem to be a castle of the city protected from any sudden invasion, the construction of the castle was at the weakest point in the Old City of Jerusalem in terms of fortifications compared to its other borders.
Since the western part of the city is located in a high area and not surrounded by mountains, the castle is located on one of the four hills on which Jerusalem located.
The castle followed by many periods of time extending from the 2nd century BC until the Ottoman Islamic era, each group added or restored the castle to an architectural addition, but it continued to use the headquarters of soldiers and soldiers throughout the various periods.
The archeological king of the state of Palestine under the Romans, “Herod” the actual founder of the castle of Jerusalem, Although the castle built before he took over the city, he added new additions, including three towers (Fasayel, Hibikos, Maryam), and remained firmly entrenched.
The castle is located in the corner of the southwestern castle, it considered one of the most important additions built during the reign of Sultan Abdul Malik bin Qalawun in 1310 AD.
The minaret built by Sultan Ibn Qalawun in the castle of Jerusalem.
Judaizing the castle
The occupation of the castle of Jerusalem calls the castle of David, in an attempt to attribute it to the prophet David, whom the Jewish religion considers the king of the Jewish state founded in Jerusalem some 3,000 years ago.
They also called the Tower of David on the tower of Fasayel dating back to the time of Herod, when archaeological research proved that there was no connection to the Tower of David, the name of the Tower of David transferred to the minaret built by Sultan Ibn Qalawun.
In the 1980s, the occupation opened the castle of internal and external tourism, turning it into a gallery that exposes the history of the city of Jerusalem from a Zionist point of view using illustrations and figures, trying to market the novel that Jerusalem has been Jewish forever.
Anyone who comes to the Jerusalem Castle at this time notes that the occupation is trying to consolidate it is depicted in a three-dimensional space filled with Jewish pilgrims, how the Romans destroyed the Temple, and how the Muslims built the Al-Aqsa Mosque in its place.
And for continuous excavations
Excavations began at the bottom of Jerusalem’s fort since the Ottoman period, Britain sent envoys of archaeologists and conducted excavations to study the remains of the city of Jerusalem.
After the occupation of the city of Jerusalem in 1967, excavations continued under the castle since then to the present time.
But the occupation intensified its excavations in the area of the castle three years ago, and revealed the Media Center for Jerusalem and al-Aqsa that the excavations under the castle up to eighty meters, and a depth of 15 meters. .
These excavations resulted in the discovery of ancient Islamic monuments dating back to the Umayyad period and subsequent Islamic periods.
Current use: In 1980, the castle converted into a museum called the ‘Castle of David’, where visitors hear about the alleged temple.
The Talmudic museum includes the remains of rocks that are alleged to be from the Temple period, as well as exhibits, sculptures and historical paintings, while a guide speaks of the Israeli history of the city, especially the Talmudic details of the first and second Temple.
In addition, the Israeli occupation of the castle to a showroom, in which Byzantine assets are also presented alongside the archaeological treasures of the Talmud, to legitimize and legitimize his novel with a subtly devoid of Arab-Islamic history.
The mosque, which characterized by the beauty of its mantle and its stone minbar, adorned with elaborate Arabic inscriptions, surrounded by a gallery of exhibits and Muslims are prevented from praying there.
The occupation of the other part of the castle (building ‘Qashla’) to the Israeli police station and intelligence, to arrest the Jerusalemites and interrogate them during the events that take place in the Aqsa Mosque and Jerusalem.
Part of the building handed over to the Israeli Museum of Jerusalem.
Today, the building witness’s deep excavations of up to 20 meters, as well as the destruction of large strata of Islamic monuments, with the aim of turning it into a Jewish cultural center it’s called ‘Castle of David Museum’.
On some nights, loud night concerts are organized and used in the so-called Noor Jerusalem Festival as part of the Judaization schemes.