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Palestinians protest against Museum of Tolerance planned over Muslim cemetery

Hundreds of Palestinians marched throught the streets of Jerusalem to protest against a Jewish group's plans to build a Museum of Tolerance atop a centuries-old Muslim cemetery.

Last week Israel's Supreme Court ruled the project could go ahead after two years of delay over the fate of the cemetery's 400-year-old graves, saying a parking lot built in the area more than 40 years ago had then raised no objections.
Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)