The administration responsible for preservation and construction in the Old City took Mamilla under its jurisdiction as well, both because of its proximity and its possession of many of the same considerations that the British weighed when regulating its development.
42.
In 2011, fifteen gravestones in the Mamilla Cemetery were spray painted with red graffiti that said " Death to the Arabs " and the name of the Giv'at Asaf outpost in a " price-tag " attack.
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From there the line continued north, where it separated the western wall of the Old City ( where the Jaffa Gate and the Tower of David are located ) from the Mamilla neighborhood, and the Jerusalem Historical City Hall Building.
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A ministry representative described the vandalism to tombstones, including their use by the guard appointed by the Religious Ministry to build a henhouse beside his shelter in the cemetery, and the destruction of ancient tombs by bulldozers cleaning the Mamilla Pool.
45.
See also Baka, Mamilla and Abu Tor, also came under Israeli control, and their residents were forcibly displaced; in some cases, as documented by Israeli historian Benny Morris and Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, among others, expulsions and massacres occurred.
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To accommodate more people Ketef Hinnom cave 24 has used the large chamber to the right to accommodate about 10 people, whereas this room in the Mamilla cave complexes did not have benches, thus probably they were used for chemical treatment of the bodies.
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For example, the Muslim cemetery in Mamilla area was damaged due to the construction of Independence Park in the center of Jerusalem . . . [ O ] ne justification that was offered [ for the increasing demolition of mosques ] was to " [ spare ] Arab citizens sorrow . . . ".
48.
Once a week in the evening we went to the Mahane Yehuda police station, where each of us was given a rifle, ammunition, and some sort of makeshift uniform, and then, thus equipped, marched to a house facing the Mamilla Cemetery, through which Arab attackers were known to have sneaked into the Jewish part of Jerusalem.
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But it is known to the common people as Mamilla . " A similar description appears in James Turner Barclay's " The city of the Great King " ( 1857 ) and he gives the meaning of " Ma'man Illah " ( or " Ma-min-ullah ", as he transcribes it ) as " What is from God !"
50.
He was known for his dealings with Moses Montefiore and his name appears in a petition by Muhammad Sharif in 1840 demanding that " the Jews must not be enabled to carry out the paving, and they must be cautioned against raising their voices and displaying their books at the Western wall . " In 2005, the Turkish government in consultation with the Wakf built a marker for his grave which is in the southern end of the Mamilla Cemetery in west Jerusalem.
