Thursday November 17, 2011 3:32 AM Arab workers have resumed work on an illegal expansion of a Mosque on Har Hazeisim, according to new evidence obtained by the International Committee for the Preservation of…
An injunction to halt construction of an expanded mosque near the oldest Jewish cemetery in the world is being ignored —and the Jerusalem Municipality and police are ignoring pleas to take action, due to the…
(Monday, November 7th, 2011) Once again kevarim on Har HaZeisim have been targeted by vandals who caused significant damage. The latest attack seems to have taken place on motzei Shabbos, November 5th-6th. At least five…
“The municipality needs to request the police stop the work, and the police need to stop it. But if the two of them don’t want to do it, then it won’t be done,”
October 4, 2011
Arabs Resume Construction Illegal Construction of Mosque on Har Hazeitim Over Rosh Hashanah; Destroy Newly Restored Tombstones
Jerusalem, Israel—Taking advantage of the “three day” Rosh Hashanah holiday, Arab construction workers resumed construction of an illegal Mosque on Har Hazeitim despite a “Stop Order” by the Jerusalem Municipality. Sources say that construction workers were feverishly finishing the roof and pouring cement as they rush to complete a Mosque that will be only feet from the graves of former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and revered Rabbi Tzvi Yehuda Kook .
By MELANIE LIDMAN
07/13/2011 02:09
Construction continues despite municipal stop-work order; located next to rotary at main entrance to Ras el-Amud, mosque was built in 1950s.
Right-wing activists are condemning the Jerusalem Municipality for failing to stop the illegal expansion of a controversial mosque in the Mount of Olives cemetery that has tripled in size since last fall.
The mosque, located next to the rotary at the main entrance of the Ras el-Amud neighborhood, was built in the 1950s, when Jordan controlled the area.
In a development of events that continues to infuriate Jews worldwide, fourteen kevorim were destroyed on Har Hazeisim over the in the past few days, including the kevorim of several American Jews. Most of the damage…
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