"Maman Allah" Battle Against "Museum of Tolerance"
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A battle against the construction of the "Museum of Tolerance" on the site of the Muslim cemetery "Ma'man Allah" in Al Quds (Jerusalem) will be reignited soon, "Israeli" newspaper "Haaretz" reported on Thursday.
The museum is being built by a Jewish American company and has damaged hundreds of graves there.
An Islamic organization for the preservation of Islamic trust property spoke out against the project as soon as excavation work began.
It released a strong statement of condemnation on Wednesday.
The statement said that a previous "Haaretz" report proved that "Israel", with the support of parties from the United States, is committing criminal acts ¬involving damage to Muslim graves in disregard of the law and the Supreme Court.
According to the group, the revelations about what was done at the site provide the basis for a petition to stop further excavation at the cemetery.
Arab member of the Knesset Jamal Zahalka sent an urgent letter to UNESCO demanding that the body intervene immediately to prevent any further work at the site.
Zahalka considered that "digging the graves and removing cadavers, for the purpose of building the Museum, reveals the true "Israeli" morals, as they tend to step over the Palestinian's dignity when alive and after their death."
He indicated, "If this were a Jewish cemetery, the entire world would take action, even (US president Barak) Obama."
Zahalka added that this cemetery was of historic, archeological and religious significance.
Note that the cemetery obtains more than 1000 graves. Historical reports reveal that it obtains corps of more than 70,000 Muslims of religious significance.
Another Knesset member, Masud Ganaim also filed an urgent motion for the matter to be placed on the Knesset's agenda.
Attorney Kais Nasser, who had previously filed two petitions over the plans for the museum site, told Haaretz that the newspaper's latest investigation "in retrospect proves everything we argued before the court in the case".
"The museum plan was promoted without giving realistic weight to site from an archeological and historical perspective, or to the sanctity of the site," Nasser said.
A battle against the construction of the "Museum of Tolerance" on the site of the Muslim cemetery "Ma'man Allah" in Al Quds (Jerusalem) will be reignited soon, "Israeli" newspaper "Haaretz" reported on Thursday.
The museum is being built by a Jewish American company and has damaged hundreds of graves there.
An Islamic organization for the preservation of Islamic trust property spoke out against the project as soon as excavation work began.
It released a strong statement of condemnation on Wednesday.
The statement said that a previous "Haaretz" report proved that "Israel", with the support of parties from the United States, is committing criminal acts ¬involving damage to Muslim graves in disregard of the law and the Supreme Court.
According to the group, the revelations about what was done at the site provide the basis for a petition to stop further excavation at the cemetery.
Arab member of the Knesset Jamal Zahalka sent an urgent letter to UNESCO demanding that the body intervene immediately to prevent any further work at the site.
Zahalka considered that "digging the graves and removing cadavers, for the purpose of building the Museum, reveals the true "Israeli" morals, as they tend to step over the Palestinian's dignity when alive and after their death."
He indicated, "If this were a Jewish cemetery, the entire world would take action, even (US president Barak) Obama."
Zahalka added that this cemetery was of historic, archeological and religious significance.
Note that the cemetery obtains more than 1000 graves. Historical reports reveal that it obtains corps of more than 70,000 Muslims of religious significance.
Another Knesset member, Masud Ganaim also filed an urgent motion for the matter to be placed on the Knesset's agenda.
Attorney Kais Nasser, who had previously filed two petitions over the plans for the museum site, told Haaretz that the newspaper's latest investigation "in retrospect proves everything we argued before the court in the case".
"The museum plan was promoted without giving realistic weight to site from an archeological and historical perspective, or to the sanctity of the site," Nasser said.
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