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| The Mamilla cemetery in Jerusalem, 1854. (Wikipedia) |
Israeli authorities are pressing ahead with plans to build a courthouse complex on a large historic Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem that is already at the center of protest over plans to locate a "Museum of Tolerance" there.
The proposed courthouse is expected to provoke stiff opposition, especially from Islamic groups, after it was revealed that an excavation last year for the museum, close by, unearthed as many as 1,500 Muslim graves.
Dorit Beinisch, the president of the high court, who last year expressed reservations about the location of the new courthouse, is reported to have lifted her objections recently. According to Meir Margalit, a Jerusalem city councilor, municipal officials said they had assured the judge that no graves had been discovered at the new site during excavations.
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