“The Gaza cemetery is as valued and as cared for as any cemetery in the
world: an enormous amount of sentiment and emotion has been invested in
maintaining these cemeteries as sacred places,” Stanley said.
“The first need is to stop people in Gaza dying and to provide succour to
those who have been starving and suffering for years now: this needs to be
kept in proportion. But for Australians, a serious consequence of this conflict
is the desecration of the graves of Australian soldiers. That might not be
‘major in the global scheme of things, but it is definitely something
Australians should be concerned about.”
Jaradah tended to the graves for 45 years: 35 as an assistant to his father,
Ibrahim, and then 10 years in charge. He passed on the responsibility to his
son before the start of the current conflict.
“The cemetery was considered one of the most beautiful archaeological sites
in Gaza. It contained diverse and beautiful trees and served as a living public
space for the people of the Gaza Strip,” Jaradah said.
“Ifeel a sorrow like that of a child who has lost his mother. Pain and
bitterness grip my heart over the cemetery, just as deeply as the pain of
losing my home entirely”
What is happening in Gaza is the End of Civilisation, a retreat into the barbarity and lies of the 20th Century...
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