On August 26 , 1929 , during the 1929 Palestine riots , the mosque was attacked by a group of Jews in response to Arab massacres . The mosque was badly damaged and the tombs were desecrated . As a result of the Palestinian Arab exodus from western Jerusalem during the 1948 Arab – Israeli War , the mosque was abandoned . Today it is located in the middle of a park in a Haredi Jewish neighborhood . It is situated near the junction of Straus Street and the Street of the Prophets . In December 2011 the mosque was defaced with graffiti by right-wing extremists who tried to set fire to it in a price tag attack . The mosque is inactive and the Jerusalem Municipality uses it as a warehouse
1929 Palestine riots
1929 Palestine riots
Nebi Akasha Mosque