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Security Cameras Reduce Vandalism on Mount of Olives

(Jerusalem Post) Melanie Lidman - A year after the Prime Minister's Office began funding security cameras in the Mount of Olives cemetery, vandals desecrating graves are caught more often, and are more easily convicted due to video evidence. In one recent case, the man arrested said he had been paid NIS 1,000 to vandalize a grave. The Mount of Olives has been used as a Jewish cemetery for more than 3,000 years and holds approximately 150,000 graves.
2011-12-22 00:00:00
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