I was on a tour with a guide from a group I believe is called Ateret Cohanim. The tunnels go under the Arab quarter into the direction of where I believe was the main part of the Beis HaMikdosh. It is not a matter of going past the Kosel. The guide said at one point that we were in a place that was opposite the Kodosh HaKedoshim and we should not put our hands over the rail that was erected at that point because there was a “chashash of our tuma’h”. Now I may be inaccurate on my terminology because the tour was about 18 years ago when I was a pretty new BT, but I did not make a mistake about the primary details.
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