Nature and Parks authority cut and remove trees in Al-Rahmeh Gate Cemetery
On Sunday morning, employees of the Nature and Parks authority cut and removed tress from Al-Rahmeh Gate Cemetery that is adjacent to the eastern walls of Al-Aqsa Mosque. The secretary of Fateh movement in Silwan, Ahmad Abbasi, and Khaled Al-Zeer were arrested from inside the cemetery.
Wadi Hilweh Information Center stated that the Israeli occupation forces provided full protection to the "Nature and Parks authority" crews that stormed the cemetery in the morning. They began to uproot and cut trees in the section known as the Silwan cemetery under the pretext of cleaning and building a wall in the area.
The center added that several areas in the cemetery of Al-Rahmeh Gate are threatened with confiscation in favor of the establishment of special paths in the Talmudic gardens for tourists. The crews tried several times to tamper with the graves and to place barbed wires and prevent burial in parts of them in preparation for confiscation. They also obstructed the work of the locals during the cleaning work in the cemetery.
The center explained that the locals attempted to confront the crews and prevent them from cutting trees, but the occupation forces used force against them, pushed and assaulted some of them.
The forced arrested the secretary of Fateh movement in Silwan, Ahmad Abbasi, and Khaled Al-Zeer.
