Gotta give credit where credit is due. AP's Diaa Hadid's nuance strikes the right note on the Western Wall:
Decades of archaeology have shown that the Western Wall, the holiest place where Jews can pray, was a retaining wall of the compound where the two biblical Jewish Temples stood 20 centuries ago. The Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Islam's third-holiest site, is built atop the ruins.
Where are you, Harriet Sherwood?