Israel Digging Up Graves At Ancient Palestinian Cemetery In East Jerusalem

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An Israeli Government organization have reportedly resumed excavation work at the ancient Palestinian Bab Al-Rahma cemetery, outside the walls of the Old City in occupied East Jerusalem.

Officers from Israel’s Nature And Parks Authority (INPA) plan to build a national park on parts of the cemetery’s land.

According to Maannews: Wafa reported that INPA staff began digging up graves and land in the cemetery around 20 days ago. Officials returned on Sunday to continue digging, which Wafa noted was “for the benefit of building a national [Israeli] park on parts of the cemetery’s land.”

Last month, Israeli authorities placed metal fences around the parts of the cemetery that it intends on confiscating. Wafa added that the parts of the cemetery subject to confiscation and destruction contain the centuries-old graves of Muslim leaders.

In 2015, the Bab al-Rahma cemetery was subject to demolitions after Israeli authorities announced plans to seize parts of the cemetery for a national park trail in 2015.

While Israel annexed East Jerusalem in 1980, according to Palestinians and the international community, the city has remained an intricate part of the occupied Palestinian territory and would be considered the capital of any future Palestinian state as part of a two-state solution.

The fate of Jerusalem and its holy sites has been a focal point of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for decades, with numerous tensions arising over Israeli threats regarding the status of non-Jewish religious sites in the city, and the “Judaization” of East Jerusalem.

The United Nations Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization’s (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee adopted a resolution in July 2017 reaffirming the international body’s non-recognition of Israeli sovereignty in East Jerusalem, and condemned Israeli policies in the Old City.

3 Comments

    • What have Palestinians sowed, dumbf*ck? You listen to too much Jew run media propaganda. Clearly you are unable to think for yourself and need someone else to do it for you. If a bunch of Jews came to your neighborhood and kick you and your family out of your homes claiming it was theirs, are you going to sit back and do nothing? No, Palestine does not belong to the Jews. GOD is not a real estate agent. Now go back to drooling over your Netflix account and Dominoes pizza.

      • You really are stupid. Try reading the comment for what it says in relation to the article.
        I’m not denigrating the Palestinians at all, dumbf*ck.

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