Jpost-logo
JPost.comPremium In Jerusalem City Front
In Jerusalem

Grave developments

Despite a stop-work order, the construction of an illegal mosque on the Mount of Olives continues.

Mosque being built on the Mount of Olives.
Photo by: Courtesy of Aryeh King
Late prime minister Menachem Begin asked in his will to have a “simple Jewish burial” near his beloved wife in the largest Jewish cemetery in Jerusalem – the Mount of Olives facing the Temple Mount. His grave is indeed located on the lower slope of the mount overlooking Jericho Road, but something has been happening there for the last year and a half: A mosque is being built just below the grave at street level.

The construction of the mosque is illegal – an order to stop the work was issued in June 2010 – but according to right-wing activists, work is still going on inside the structure.

 Read More...
 
 
Jpost.com, the online edition of the Jerusalem Post Newspaper - the most read and best-selling English-language newspaper in Israel. For analysis and opinion from Israel, the Jewish World and the Middle East. Jpost.com offers expert and in-depth reporting from Israel, the Jewish World and the Middle East, including diplomacy and defense, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the Arab Spring, the Mideast peace process, politics in Israel, life in Jerusalem, Israel's international affairs, Iran and its nuclear program, Syria and the Syrian civil war, Lebanon, the Palestinian Authority, the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Israel's world of business and finance, and Jewish life in Israel and the Diaspora.

All rights reserved © The Jerusalem Post 1995 - 2013