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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Israel demolishes one of the oldest Muslim graveyards near Al-Aqsa Mosque</h1>
<div class="gmail-credits gmail-reader-credits">October 11, 2021</div><div class="gmail-credits gmail-reader-credits"><img src="cid:ii_kuneen3p0" alt="image.png" width="395" height="263"><br><br></div>
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<p>The Israeli occupation's Jerusalem Municipality yesterday demolished
one of the oldest Muslim graveyards in the occupied holy city, reported <em>Wafa</em> news agency.</p>
<p>The head of the Committee for the Preservation of Islamic Cemeteries
in Jerusalem, Mustafa Abu Zahra, said the Jerusalem Municipality's
teams, accompanied by a bulldozer, destroyed a grave from the Al
Yousifieh Cemetery, and scattered the bones.</p>
<p>He added that among the graves demolished were those of Muslims who
were martyred in the conflicts between 1948 and 1967, and that Israel
will face legal action in response to the municipality's actions.</p>
<p>According to <em>Wafa</em>, Palestinians who were present in the area
blocked the bulldozer from destroying the graves further and forced it
out of the area.</p>
<p>Abu Zahra called on all Jerusalemites to "unite in order to protect
Jerusalem's landmarks from the Israeli occupation's oppression".</p>
<p>The cemetery, located next to the wall surrounding the Old City, is
one of the oldest Muslim graveyards in occupied Jerusalem and is about
4,000 square metres.</p>
<p>The demolition is part of the Israeli occupation authorities' <a href="https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20170911-israel-demolishes-parts-of-palestinian-cemetery-in-jerusalem/">plan</a> to
build a "Biblical garden path" inside the cemetery which contains the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, as well as many ancient and modern graves.</p>
<p>It's a step that has angered many residents of East Jerusalem who have loved ones buried in that cemetery.</p>
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