Extremist Jews raze 20 graves in O.Jerusalem

According to the Aqsa foundation for Endowment and Heritage (AFEH) razed around 20 graves in the Islamic historical Maamanullah Cemetery in occupied Jerusalem in an apparent attempt to gradually erase the Islamic identity of the holy city.

Fawaz Hassan, an observer for the AFEH, made a field visit to the cemetery and found that a band of extremist Jews had smashed around 20 graves, the Aqsa Foundation said in a statement on Tuesday. Some of the graves were completely destroyed.

The ruined graves were spotted between the cemetery’s fenced area, where the Israelis are mapping out a museum, and the pond in the cemetery’s center. Photos support that several offenders used large axes and demolished the structures in several stages.

Maamanullah, which is the largest Islamic cemetery in Jerusalem, is the burial site of several key Islamic figures. The Aqsa Foundation called the incident an apparent attempt to erase what is left of the graveyard’s Islamic identity. The foundation held the Israeli government responsible for the attack.