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July 29, 2003       Share:    

Source: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/A/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1059361967118

Graves Vandalized on Mount of Olives

(Jerusalem Post) Etgar Lefkovits - About 100 Jewish graves at Jerusalem's ancient Mount of Olives cemetery have been vandalized in recent months by local Arabs, a Jerusalem burial society said Monday. A visit to the cemetery, located adjacent to several Arab neighborhoods, revealed a dozen broken or shattered graves, scores of toppled tombstones, Arabic graffiti drawn on one grave, and a swastika on a cemetery wall. A security guard reported that Arab teens hang out at the site at night, drinking beer and playing music. The late prime minister Menachem Begin's grave is a frequent target for Arab vandals, said the guard.

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