Israel: Don't Bulldoze Jaffa's Last Muslim Cemetery!

Israel's high court endorsed the sale of half of the cemetery to an Israeli investment company in 2008 and after years of legal wrangling upheld the sale again in January.

The investment company now wants to build on the cemetery and in recent weeks attempted to demarcate the land, but was met with opposition from residents.

The government of Israel needs to show more respect for the dead. If they object to the desecration of Jewish cemeteries, they should find desecrating a Muslim cemetery just as repulsive.

We the undersigned call for Israel's government to leave this cemetery untouched and ultimately return it to the control of the Palestinian community.