<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Occupied Palestine | فلسطين]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[occupiedpalestine]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/author/hajarhajar/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[When Ethnic Cleansing of Living is not enough: Israel going ahead with hotels on historic&nbsp;cemetery]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<div data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_139679" style="width: 598px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-139679" data-attachment-id="139679" data-permalink="https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2013/07/19/when-ethnic-cleansing-of-living-is-not-enough-israel-going-ahead-with-hotels-on-historic-cemetery/mamanallah-cemetry-jerusalem1/" data-orig-file="https://occupiedpalestine.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/mamanallah-cemetry-jerusalem1.jpg" data-orig-size="600,338" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="mamanallah-cemetry-jerusalem[1]" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://occupiedpalestine.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/mamanallah-cemetry-jerusalem1.jpg?w=588" data-large-file="https://occupiedpalestine.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/mamanallah-cemetry-jerusalem1.jpg?w=588" class="size-large wp-image-139679" alt="mamanallah-cemetry-jerusalem[1]" src="https://occupiedpalestine.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/mamanallah-cemetry-jerusalem1.jpg?w=588&#038;h=331" width="588" height="331" srcset="https://occupiedpalestine.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/mamanallah-cemetry-jerusalem1.jpg?w=588&amp;h=331 588w, https://occupiedpalestine.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/mamanallah-cemetry-jerusalem1.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px" /><p id="caption-attachment-139679" class="wp-caption-text">The historic cemetery has been vandalised multiple times by Jewish extremists</p></div>
<p><a href="http://www.middleeastmonitor.net/news/middle-east/6595-israel-going-ahead-with-hotels-on-historic-cemetery" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>MEMO | July 18, 2013</strong></span></a><br />
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<p>Maariv newspaper has revealed that the Israeli-run Jerusalem municipality has started to develop plans for tourist hotels and related facilities on parts of the historic Ma&#8217;man Allah Cemetery in the holy city.</p>
<p>The hotels and buildings are to be built in the south-central section of the cemetery, opposite the so-called Museum of Tolerance, which is also being built in the cemetery.</p>
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<p>The newspaper noted that the municipality Finance Committee has allocated around $75,000 for the planning of the project, in cooperation with an Israeli company. In response, Al-Aqsa Foundation for Religious Endowments and Heritage has issued a warning about the scheme which, it insists, is a flagrant violation of the sanctity of the deceased.</p>
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<p>&#8220;This is also a serious violation of the feelings of Muslims all over the world,&#8221; said the foundation, &#8220;and a continuation of the crimes of the Israeli establishment in the largest and oldest Muslim cemetery in Palestine.&#8221;</p>
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<p>The Israeli authorities have already dug up hundreds of graves in order to build schools and playgrounds on the site.</p>
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<p>The foundation explained that the Israeli Ministry of Justice recently cancelled plans to build new courts on the same site. A local and international campaign has been launched by Al-Aqsa Foundation against Israel&#8217;s plans for the cemetery; there are at least 8 new projects planned.<br />
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