JERUSALEM: Colonists today destroyed tombstones in the Bab al-Rahma cemetery, adjacent to al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, according to security sources.
They said that a group of Israeli colonists destroyed a number of tombstones of at least 10 graves and vandalized some of the contents of the cemetery.
The witnesses added that the colonists are constantly storming the cemetery and performing Talmudic rituals with the aim of seizing it. The cemetery is also subjected to excavations by the occupation for the benefit of establishing a base for the Judaization cable car surrounding the old city there.
The area of Bab al-Rahma cemetery is about 23 dunums and it contains many graves of the Companions.
The occupation government also intends to convert part of the cemetery into a biblical garden as part of its project to Judaize the city.
Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA