Palestinians set fire to Joseph's Tomb

The Jerusalem Post ^ | 16 October 2003 | MARGOT DUDKEVITCH

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Oct. 16, 2003
Palestinians set fire to Joseph's Tomb
By MARGOT DUDKEVITCH

Joseph's Tomb set on fire Photo: AP Advertisement

The IDF permitted hundreds of Jewish worshippers access to Joseph's Tomb in Nablus to pray at the shrine early Thursday.

Later the worshippers left in buses accompanied by IDF forces who guarded them throughout the visit.

Shortly after their departure a group of Palestinian youths arrived at the site and set fire to the shrine throwing burning tires inside the compound.

The local Palestinian fire brigade arrived and extinguished the flames.

It was the fourth time authorization was given to Jews to pray at the site since security forces were forced to leave the site in October 2000 as a Palestinian mob descended, ransacked and vandalized the holy site and prevented the evacuation of Border policeman Madhat Yusef who bled to death.

IDF officials said the approval was given to the worshippers because of the Succoth holiday. It was the largest group ever to be allowed to enter the area.

In the past three years, hundreds of Jews have snuck into the tomb to pray illegally despite a ban issued by the OC Central Command that forbids Israelis from entering areas under full Palestinian control.

In September, Palestinians shot at IDF paratroopers who had reached the site to evacuate a number of Jewish worshippers who arrived without permission to pray there.

Israeli security officials said the last time the army gave permission to a group of religious Jews was in July.

In the early morning hours the worshippers erected a Succa at the site and former Sephardic chief Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu led them in prayers.

[nothingnew]

Find them and shoot them. End of story. That goes for ALF and ELF members too. I'm sick of all this shiite.

FMCDH

[SJackson]

If you'd like to be on or off this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.

palestinian caretakers

Destroyed gravestone at traditional burial site for biblical patriarch Joseph.

[Napoleon Solo]

To them, the only Christian and Jewish holy sites are the remains from bus or cafe bombings. Dead Christians, Jews and American good will ambassadors are all they get holy about.

[Bigg Red]

God's wrath upon the filthy despoilers!

[Bigg Red]

God's wrath upon the filthy despoilers!

[Aquinasfan]

You've got to love how Islamic people respect Jewish and Christian holy sites.

These are just extremists < /sarcasm>

[HeadOn]

"....That's 'cause we ain't played Cowboys and Muslims yet..."

[Semper Paratus]

Note to the leftists who wanted to negotiate away rights to the Temple Mount: "How long do you think the West Wall would survive Palestinian custody?

[NYC GOP Chick]

Thanks for the pics and the link to the Shomron Mountain Settlements, Yehuda.

I thought it looked familiar and it is -- I've bought a few of this necklace from the jeweler linked from their main English page:

[NYC GOP Chick]

Oh, and when we go to Israel, my dad and I are planning to go visit them when we venture out to Judea and Samaria.

[NYC GOP Chick]

Thanks for posting the pictures. As difficult as they are to view, I think it is necessary to remind us of who what we are dealing with.

Courtesy of the "Religion of Peace":

[Jim Cane]

Visit Pantheon in Roma. The Butcher Christians turned it into church. [lame] < \sarcasm. >

How many Muslims did the Orthodox send to the lions within the walls of Haga Sophia for the crime of having a different religion?

[Texas_Jarhead]

this is past freakin ridiculous

[carton253]

Well... that happened a really long time ago... so, I don't think your example really applies.

[NYC GOP Chick]

Definitely! I was thinking of asking you for any pointers, places to visit, etc.

Don't know when we're going, since we still have to get our passports, but I'm going do that next week, I suppose.

[carton253]

Are you going to Israel? For vacation? I know some sites you might want to see...

[Jim Cane]

???

It wasn't my example. Also, a little historical note: the Christians DIDN'T use the Haga Sophia as a killing grounds for the Muslims, whearas the Romans DID use the Colliseum to butcher Christians.

The poster to whom I was responding made a big silly.

[Jim Cane]

???

It wasn't my example. Also, a little historical note: the Christians DIDN'T use the Haga Sophia as a killing grounds for the Muslims, whearas the Romans DID use the Colliseum to butcher Christians.

The poster to whom I was responding made a big silly.