Grave Desecration

Rabbi Mazuz's grave desecrated in act of mischief

Six minors aged 11-14 were detained after damage was found at Bnei Brak Cemetery, including the grave of Rabbi Meir Mazuz. Police said the vandalism followed a brawl.

Grave of Elazar the Priest desecrated with Arabic graffiti

Vandals spray name of terrorist organization on grave of Biblical figure who served as High Priest following the death of his father Aaron.

Graves of 1st Intifada architect, PFLP founder smashed in Syria

Graves of Fatah commander and Arafat deputy Khalil al-Wazir and PFLP founder Ahmad Jibril smashed and vandalized in the in the Al-Shuhada Cemetery within the Yarmouk refugee camp.

Yehud construction controversy

Construction firm: Remains removed under halachic supervision

Antiquities Authority files police complaint after remains removed overnight from Yehud construction site; development company says actions followed halacha under rabbinic supervision.

Biden condemns 'vile' desecration of Ohio Jewish graves

US President says administration will support investigators to hold accountable vandals who desecrated about 200 graves in Jewish cemeteries near Cincinnati.

Grave of Bais Yaakov founder desecrated

Nazi slogans and symbols were sprayed into the historic grave of Sarah Schenirer near Krakow, Poland.

Britain:

Man arrested over vandalism at Jewish cemetery

41-year-old man arrested over vandalism at a Jewish cemetery in Kent earlier this month.

Terrorist demands grave of soldier he murdered be dug up

Terrorist convicted for murder of Amit Ben Yigal last year asks Supreme Court to dig up victim's grave on grounds helmet could exonerate him

Ukraine: Pig skulls found on grave of Rebbe Nachman's daughter

Vandals desecrate grave of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov's daughter Sarah.

Ukraine: Bullet holes in synagogue, Holocaust graves raided

Bullet holes were found in a synagogue and grave robbers allegedly raided a Holocaust-era mass grave in separate incidents.

Black Lives Matter is a politically correct ISIS

The destruction of historical and\or ancient tombs marks every great totalitarian phenomenon in history. ISIS did it, BLM does it now. Op-ed

Dead chicken placed in grave at Jewish cemetery

Someone appears to have put dead chickens in a Jewish grave in Connecticut.

Ancient Jewish burial tomb desecrated by Arab grave-robbers

2000-year-old human remains from Jewish burial tomb near Jericho reinterred after being dug up and scattered by Arab grave-robbers.

Ukraine: Mass grave of Holocaust victims desecrated - again

Grave diggers suspected of desecrating killing pit of 2,500 Jewish Holocaust victims, looking for gold amid the remains.

Poland: Reports about Jewish cemetery’s desecration are false

Polish officials push back against reports 15 Jewish grave markers were desecrated recently, saying claims are fictitious.

France: 80 graves in Jewish cemetery vandalized

Swastikas painted on roughly 80 grave markers at Jewish cemetery in eastern France near German border.

Jewish headstones smashed in Athens cemetery

Police open investigation into desecration of Jewish graves in southwest Athens.

Paris Jewish graves in danger

Conference of European Rabbis discusses phenomenon of Paris authorities digging up graves to resell plots in cemeteries.

Belarus court OKs luxury flats atop former Jewish cemeteries

Despite government promise to protect Jewish sites, Belarus court approves construction plans tossing Jewish remains 'into city dumpsters.'

Jewish cemetery descrated in Svaliava

Vandals desecrate rabbi's grave, shatter gravestones, in Ukrainian city; local rabbi calls on authorities to catch culprits.

Graves of Holocaust victims looted, desecrated across Ukraine

Looters dig up mass graves of Holocaust victims, desecrate remains in search for gold teeth and jewelry.

Algeria: Jewish graves to be desecrated, bones moved to ossuary

Algeria plans to move Jewish graves in 31 Jewish cemeteries around the country, dumping the unclaimed remains in a mass ossuary.

Looters desecrate Holocaust victims' graves

Sobibor archaelogical site combed for gold, silver, museum sources reveal.

Lithuanian Power Station Built out of Jewish Gravestones

Archaeologists find Jewish gravestones used to build Lithuanian power station.

Jewish Tombstones Desecrated in New Zealand

Swastika painted on a headstone and two other headstones knocked over and broken in the Jewish section of a cemetery in Dunedin.

'People Are Afraid to Bury Their Dead on Mount of Olives'

Jerusalem Director of Cemeteries, Rabbi Hillel Horowitz, urges government to increase penalties for desecration of graves.

Arabs Arrested over Desecration of Ancient Jewish Cemetery

Three Arabs arrested for destroying Jewish graves on Mount of Olives, as police finally show signs of treating the epidemic.

'Terrorists Control a Portion of the Mount of Olives'

'Security cameras were set on fire and uprooted, fences were broken and had been torn out,' says City Council member Arieh King.

Beit Shemesh: Arab Security Guards Beat Demonstrators

Arab security guards were arrested at the controversial construction site for violently beating Hareidi protesters.

'Sicarii' Accuse Gerrer Hassidim of Building in 'Cemetery'

Dozens of members of the hareidi community identified with the “Sicarii” group held an angry protest over an alleged grave violation.

Arabs Caught Red Handed Robbing Ancient Grave

Three suspects were caught inside 1st century cave near Kibbutz Metzer.

Jewish, Asian Graves Vandalized in Vancouver

Dozens of Jewish and Asian headstones and memorials in a Vancouver cemetery were vandalized this week.

57 Jewish Graves Desecrated in Hungary

Unnamed vandals have desecrated 57 graves in a Jewish cemetery some 200 miles southwest of Budapest.