Israeli police entered a Moslem cemetery today and stopped Arab workers from putting finishing touches on two marble monuments honoring Arab soldiers who fell during the Six-Day War. The Moslem Wafq, which controls Moslem Holy Places in Jerusalem, had already erected one monument and planned two more. Jerusalem’s Mayor Teddy Kollek had approved the memorials but was over-ruled by the city council. A compromise was reached whereby the Wafq was to apply for permission to the Jerusalem district building commission. It did not do so but instead went ahead with the monuments. Police were called in by Mayor Kollek to halt the work.
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