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Source: http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/65-MKs-Hoenlein-call-to-protect-Mount-of-Olives-517326
65 MKs, Hoenlein Call to Protect Mount of Olives
(Jerusalem Post) Lahav Harkov - The Knesset Lobby for the Protection of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem was launched this week with members from every party except the Arab Joint List. The Mount of Olives cemetery is 3,000 years old, and contains the graves of 150,000 Jews, including leaders and rabbis from throughout Jewish history. The site has been plagued by vandalism and rock-throwing by east Jerusalem Arabs. Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, attended the launch.