The Israel Film Service Collection

Glory and Ashes - Desecration of Holy Places in Jerusalem Old City

5 Minutes, 1967
Genre:
Documentary

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Directed by: Avshalom Katz
Production:Edgar Hirshbain
Production Company:Israel Film Service
Photographer: Peter Simonson
Language: Hebrew
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Footage from destroyed holy sites in the Old City of Jerusalem that were taken by Israel after the Six-Day War. Footage of the ruined Hurva Synagogue building and the four Spanish synagogues in the Jewish Quarter whose buildings were destroyed. The Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives whose tombstones were displaced to be used as paving for the paths and floors of the Jordanian Legion tents. Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Bab al-Rahma Muslim cemetery.

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