Efforts intended to establish a Jewish majority in occupied east Jerusalem: Israeli forces have escalated arbitrary measures against Palestinian civilians in East Jerusalem to force them to leave the city. During the reporting period, Israeli forces demolished two houses in Beit Hanina and Silwan villages, claiming that they were built without licenses. During the reporting period, Israeli forces removed at least 300 Islamic graves in Ma'man Allah cemetery near Hebron Gate in Jerusalem. They collated skeletons found in these graves and buried them in one mass grave. The Israeli Municipality plans to establish a museum on the land of the cemetery, which will be named the "Tolerance Museum." The area of the cemetery is approximately 200 donums, and it includes graves of soldiers in Salah al-Din's army that fought Crusaders in the city, as well as some Moslem intellectuals.
PCHR Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
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