The Simon Wiesenthal center is going forward with it's building of a museum of tolerance on top of a Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem. The petition to save the twelfth century Mamilla cemetery has gone all the way to the United Nations.
Representatives of 15 of the oldest families in Jerusalem who have relatives buried in the cemetery presented their petition to the UN in Geneva. Opponents of the museum plan are upset by the thought of a museum of tolerance being built on the graves of generations of Palestinians.
This article says of the removal of a thousand burials is damaging the Muslim remains while excavators claim to be removing the skeletons with respect.
Campaign to preserve Mamilla cemetery
