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re:Jerusalem
April 16, 2018
Happy birthday, Israel! Wednesday night will mark the beginning of Yom Haatzmaut, Israeli Independence Day, which will continue throughout Thursday. However, before it can celebrate its 70th year of existence, Israel will take a day to recognize those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country: YomÃâà...
The Electronic Intifada (blog)
March 2, 2018
According to the head of the elected Islamic body in Jaffa Muhammad Durei, Israeli authorities have confiscated all other cemeteries in the district, and in ... The case of the Tasso cemetery is reminiscent of Israel's seizure of the centuries-old Mamilla Cemetery in Jerusalem several years ago so that theÃâà...
Middle East Eye
December 18, 2017
Concerns regarding the digging is aggravated by the Israeli authorities' repeated destruction of Islamic sites in the vicinity of al-Aqsa. In 2016, Israel's Antiquities Authorities demolished several historic graves in a nearby cemetery. And over the last few decades, large parts of Jerusalem's Mamilla CemeteryÃâà...
Haaretz
December 12, 2017
A tomb containing skeletons was discovered during roadwork in central Jerusalem's Mamilla neighborhood. The tomb is part of a large Muslim cemetery, part of which has been destroyed and built on over the years, including by the Supreme Muslim Council in the 1920s. The Israel Antiquities Authority hasÃâà...
Forward
March 1, 2017
Wander believes that there is a direct line from the cemetery desecration in the Mount of Olives to the vandalism at American Jewish cemeteries. ... The most famous of these cases is the Mamilla cemetery near downtown West Jerusalem, an ancient Muslim gravesite that is now the site of the Center forÃâà...
Mondoweiss
August 27, 2015
Mamilla cemetery does not exist anymore. What exists now is a hotel, a school, a parking lot, a public garden, a nightclub and the US consulate. Also a museum to celebrate tolerance. But the meaning of tolerance in West Jerusalem, a few steps away from the Old City, is surreal — to build the story of a newÃâà...
Aljazeera.com (blog)
August 10, 2015
Mamilla Cemetery is believed to date back to the seventh century, and it houses the remains of many important figures from the early days of Islam, including companions of the Prophet Muhammad. It is also the resting place of many combatants from the Crusades, both Muslim and Christian. Burials inÃâà...
