Jerusalem police detained 10 Arabs suspected of desecrating the ancient Jewish cemetery on Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives. Police suspect that the youths, aged 13 to 17, in the past year have smashed several tombstones, smeared them with excrement and stolen copper letters and candle cradles from the graves, with the intention of selling them.
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