Israelis Destroy Muslim Cemetery in Jerusalem to Turn it into Park

Israelis Destroy Muslim Cemetery in Jerusalem to Turn it into Park

Israeli soldiers demolished a wall at an Islamic cemetery in Jerusalem on 14 December 2020. (Photo: Anadolu Agency)

Israeli workers resumed groundwork in parts of a Muslim cemetery in occupied East Jerusalem in order to turn it into a park, according to local sources.

Palestinian news agency WAFA said that Staff from the Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem and the Nature Authority brought a digger and started groundwork in a section of al-Yousufiyah cemetery near Lions Gate of Jerusalem’s Old City.

Israel has been trying to remove the cemetery as part of a plan to turn the area into a park provoking strong protests from Palestinian residents of Jerusalem who have relatives buried there, particularly after remains of dead people were dug out during previous works.

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