The dispute centers on a centuries-old cemetery in Silwan, where residents say graves were added only recently and accuse the burial society of aiding settler efforts to drive Palestinians from the area. The burial society says it is protecting a historic burial site
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The dispute centers on a centuries-old cemetery in Silwan, where residents say graves were added only recently and accuse the burial society of aiding settler efforts to drive Palestinians from the area. The burial society says it is protecting a historic burial site
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12:43 AM • June 24 2026 IDT
An Israeli organization that oversees Jewish burial has in recent weeks demanded hundreds of thousands of shekels from Palestinian residents of an East Jerusalem neighborhood who use a dirt road leading to their homes, arguing the route passes through an ancient Jewish cemetery and that traveling on it violates the site's sanctity, residents told Haaretz.
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