This is a brief follow-up on our report here of the vandalization of the Protestant Cemetery. Trent Dutton, “Our man in Jerusalem”, reports that once AP released a story about the vandalism, several Middle East and American news outlets have come to the cemetery for photographs, and have re-posted the story.
Washington Times: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/9/jerusalem-grave-vandals-set-christians-edge/
Ma’an News (Jordanian) discusses this in the context of the general problem faced by some Arabs: http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=634823
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GY6D02dksI
The aerial photo below shows the Church of the Dormitian, the Catholic, Armenian, and Greek cemeteries in the upper left portion. Along the bottom of the photo, overlooking the road along the south of the Old City where it joins with the Hebron Road, is the Jerusalem University College. The Protestant Cemetery can be seen among the trees just above our copyright notice. Click on the photo for a larger image.
You can probably see that it would be rather easy for one to enter the cemetery from the road below.
HT: Trent Dutton
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There is also a Jerusalem University College Facebook Page that has additional still images of the destruction.
https://www.facebook.com/notes/jerusalem-university-college/vandalism-in-the-protestant-cemetery/503383263085712
I saw this in the news today and thought of your earlier post. It is nice to have a team in Jerusalem to give us greater insight.
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