The Al Aqsa Foundation for Waqf (Islamic Endowment) and Heritage issued a press release on Thursday evening, denouncing a fresh attack carried out by extremist Israeli settlers against the Ma’man-Allah (Mamanullah) historic Islamic cemetery in Jerusalem.
The cemetery is in West Jerusalem is one of the largest cemeteries in the city, and stands on an area of 200 Dunams (nearly 90 acres).
The settlers wrote racist graffiti, destroyed gravestones, and tried to dig-up some of the graves.
The foundation held the Israeli government responsible for the attack, and demanded
Prosecution of the assailants, especially since the graveyard has become subject to frequent Israeli attacks.
Israel wants to build the so-called Museum of Tolerance in place of the ancient cemetery that contains graves going back to the Muslim caliphate in Palestine.
The foundation stated that “Recently, extremist settlers carried out repeated attacks against Islamic and Christian sites and cemeteries, and even signed their attacks, yet, Israel fails to stop them, and they continue their violations with impunity.”
“We consider any attack against holy and ancient sites as an unforgivable crime, but the attack against Ma’man-Allah graveyard is the mother of all sins,” the foundations added. “This graveyard is 1,400 years old, its original size is nearly 200 Dunams, and it contains graves of the Sahaba, scholars, and martyrs. Now it is under direct and official Israeli attack, being carried out by the government.” more
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