Arabs have vandalized some 100 graves on Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives, according to an Israeli burial society. The vandalism has occurred in recent months since government budget cuts forced the cemetery to fire two night-time guards at the cemetery, according to officials with Jerusalem’s General Hevra Kadisha, the Jerusalem Post reported.
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