Reply #67: It stops being used;

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as generations pass, people stop visiting it, stuff is built on its edges and starts encroaching inward, and so on. Eventually, people forget it was there until excavations (whether archeological or for construction) turn up old bones. Again - this cemetary has, as I understand, been inactive for centuries (at least).

And I'd like to see some corroberation it was confiscated from the Waqf, given that the Waqf retained the lands it owned following 1967.

EDIT - I see in post 72 that the cemetary was in use until about 80 years ago. Nevertheless, considerable parts of it have been used for other purposes - both under Jewish and Muslim administrations - with no outcry until now.