>MK Azmi Bishara: "The residents of Al-Birweh who still
>reside in the area, not only are forbidden from
>returning to their homes, now they are forced to stand
>by and watch as their ancestors are turned over in
>their graves."
>
>
>
>
>Press Release
>MK Azmi Bishara - National Democratic Assembly (Balad)
>April 14, 2001
>
>
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>On Friday morning bulldozers from Moshav Ahihud began
>digging in the cemetery of the village of al-Birweh in
>order to pave a road to establish a cattle pen.
>Moshav Ahihud and Kibbutz Yas'ur are located on the
>lands of al-Birweh whose residents were forcibly
>expelled in 1948 and its houses destroyed. Some of
>al-Birweh's refugees live in nearby villages, while
>others are refugees living in Lebanon and Syria.
>
>MK Azmi Bishara sent an urgent letter to the
>President, Prime Minister, and Minister of Religious
>Affairs demanding that the digging in the cemetery
>cease immediately.
>
>MK Azmi Bishara: "The desecration of Arab cemeteries
>fits right in with the hostile public attitude toward
>the Arab population in general - a hostility
>expressed, among others, by Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the
>police, and in conferences such as that held recently
>in Herzeliya discussing the 'demographic danger' that
>the Arab population constitute."
>
>Bishara added that: "the desecration of Arab
>cemeteries has become a norm, and the state is doing
>nothing in order to prevent it, and in some cases even
>initiates it. This is the same state that is alarmed
>- and justifiably so - every time a Jewish cemetery is
>desecrated in Europe."
>
>
>"The residents of Al-Birweh who still reside in the
>area, not only are forbidden from returning to their
>homes, now they are forced to stand by and watch as
>their ancestors are turned over in their graves."
>
>
>
>
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>Similar press releases in Arabic and/or Hebrew can be
>sent upon request.
>
>
>MK Azmi Bishara
>Nazareth Office
>Tel 972-4-457457
>Fax 972-4-457458
>Jerusalem Office
>Tel 972-2-6753101
>Fax 972-2-6753182
>abishara@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
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