A Palestinian committee taking care of Islamic cemeteries in Occupied Jerusalem has said that the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) is preparing for the construction of bases for the aerial tramway project in Bab al-Rahma cemetery east of the Aqsa Mosque.
Head of the committee Mustafa Abu Zahra explained that employees from the Israeli nature and parks authority escorted by security forces started two days ago to remove trees and flatten a vast tract of land in the cemetery as a prelude to building bases and structures for cable cars as well as a national park.
The nature and parks authority claims it owns the annexed land in the southern part of the cemetery although there are documents proving the cemetery is Islamic mortmain property belonging to the Islamic Waqf Authority.
