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Arabs Desecrate Grave of Biblical Prime Minister Joshua
Arutz Sheva ^ | December 19, 2007 | Ezra HaLevi

Posted on 12/19/2007 12:09:27 PM PST by West Coast Conservative

Jewish worshippers Tuesday were stunned to find Arabs had desecrated the graves of the Biblical Joshua, Caleb and Nun (Joshua’s father).

Joshua served as the Jewish Nation's Prime Minister from the year 2488 until 2516 on the Hebrew calendar (1272 BCE - 1300 BCE).

Members of the One Shechem organization that organizes visits to the graves arrived in the village of Timnat (Kifl) Haress, near Ariel in Samaria, to prepare for a special prayer gathering, discovered that Arab vandals had desecrated the village’s Jewish tombs. The tombs of Yehoshua (Joshua) ben Nun, Nun, and Calev (Caleb) ben Yefuneh were covered with garbage and feces – both human and animal, and anti-Semitic and Nazi slogans and symbols had been painted in the area.

Nevertheless, worshippers gathered at the tombs Tuesday night for special prayers on the tenth of Tevet, the day Kaddish and other prayers are recited for those whose date of death is unknown, such as Calev ben Yefuneh. Organizers had cleaned up the damage and attendees reported a positive experience.

The prayers were also to mark the end of the 30-day increased-stricture mourning period for murdered Jewish father Ido Zoldan of Kedumim, by a Palestinian Authority police officer.

Organizers reported that a wide array of Jews – hareidi, national religious and traditional – took part in the visit and prayers. They also praised the cooperation of security forces, particularly the Efraim Division of the IDF.

The One Shechem organization issued a call to the public to do everything in their power to preserve the holy sites in Samaria, including Joseph’s Tomb in Shechem and to fight for the right of Jews to visit and worship there freely.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: antichristian; antisemitism; biblicalarcheology; desecration; godsgravesglyphs; korananimals
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To: Dr. Sivana
For this period of Israelite history there are no firm dates, just educated guesses...and anyway dates BCE or BC are counted downwards. Joshua himself was Israelite but not Jewish--he was of the tribe of Ephraim, descended from Joseph, not of the tribe of Judah.

Caleb is called a Kenezite (Joshua 14.6)--I think that would make him a descendant of Kenaz, a grandson of Esau (cf. Genesis 36.11), rather than a descendant of Jacob, although he is treated as a member of the tribe of Judah in Numbers 13.6.

41 posted on 12/19/2007 12:47:59 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: West Coast Conservative

I’m sure the Jewish Democrats in the MSM will somehow find a rationalization for this behavior.

Like the bigoted, hate-filled clown in the WashPo we threaded earlier today.


42 posted on 12/19/2007 12:49:24 PM PST by A_Former_Democrat
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To: infidel29
I wonder, what event happened to mark the start of the "common era" and the end of the era "before the common era"?

LOL

43 posted on 12/19/2007 12:50:48 PM PST by icwhatudo (The rino borg...is resistance futile?)
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To: SunkenCiv

Wow.


44 posted on 12/19/2007 12:54:52 PM PST by TheThirdRuffian
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To: SF Republican

‘defecated all over the place.’

Its the only thing they have in surplus except ignorance and they are full of it.


45 posted on 12/19/2007 12:55:44 PM PST by Leg Olam (“If I had to live my life over again, I'd be a plumber.” ~ Albert Einstein)
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To: infidel29

What outrages you more, the use of “CE” and “BCE” by Jews and secularists, or the destruction of historical and religious monuments by Mohammedans?


46 posted on 12/19/2007 12:58:35 PM PST by Alouette (Vicious Babushka)
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To: SF Republican
‘defecated all over the place.’

Koran animals

47 posted on 12/19/2007 12:59:29 PM PST by Charlespg (Peace= When we trod the ruins of Mecca and Medina under our infidel boots.)
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To: West Coast Conservative
One could go on and on about the reaction the bloody arabs would give had it been one of their holy sites, but why bother.
48 posted on 12/19/2007 1:02:08 PM PST by reagan_fanatic (Ron Paul put the cuckoo in my Cocoa Puffs)
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To: West Coast Conservative
Islam desecrates everything.

Christians and Jews welcome differing views and religions.

49 posted on 12/19/2007 1:10:41 PM PST by Danae (Anail nathrach, orth' bhais's bethad, do chel denmha (Smoke clears and Fred Thompson is President))
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To: Greg F
I was basing that on what friends have told me . . . googled and saw that around 49% go to synagogue, 51% do not.

That would be considerable lower than numbers I've seen which are usually up in the 70% range. Of course it would depend on whether they're querying on weekly or occasional attendance and whether they're questioning only Jews. 49% weekly attendance would be higher than Church/Synagogue attendance in most polls.

50 posted on 12/19/2007 1:11:22 PM PST by SJackson (uh, Congressman, you know, uh, Gov Huckabee is not selling fascism, he's sending a Christmas message)
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To: West Coast Conservative

“Prime Minister”? WTHeck? He was successor to Moses. Does that make Moses the first “Prime Minister”. I hate the connotation that they were just crass political leaders like “Prime Minister” Olmerta.


51 posted on 12/19/2007 1:12:56 PM PST by JewishRighter (Anyone But Cankle (ABC))
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To: reagan_fanatic
Yes indeed. Its a waste of breath. Personally I am up for a bit of an Eye for an Eye, nuke Mecca.
52 posted on 12/19/2007 1:13:28 PM PST by Danae (Anail nathrach, orth' bhais's bethad, do chel denmha (Smoke clears and Fred Thompson is President))
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To: mvpel
We recognize the authority of the Almighty, but we don’t recognize the authority of Christ - BC stands for “Before Christ,” so why should we use that abbreviation any more than you’d use the Islamic calendar for dates?

I've always thought that, since you use the Christian dates, it would be less disrespectful to go ahead and use the Christian designations BC and AD as well. Otherwise, just use the Jewish dates. To use the Christian date and a neuter designation seems unnecessarily dismissive. But, hey, this Christian's feelings aren't hurt. Besides, there's no way we've been whacked as a group like the Jews have over time (notwithstanding it's been open-season on us of late).

53 posted on 12/19/2007 1:13:48 PM PST by Migraine (...diversity is great... until it happens to YOU...)
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To: SunkenCiv

:>)


54 posted on 12/19/2007 1:14:41 PM PST by SJackson (uh, Congressman, you know, uh, Gov Huckabee is not selling fascism, he's sending a Christmas message)
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To: West Coast Conservative

By the mullahs, weren’t the Jews of the Old Testament actually muslims? Otherwise, where can they track their pre-muhamadan islam from? They desecrate their “own” history as well?


55 posted on 12/19/2007 1:15:17 PM PST by onedoug
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To: Migraine
To use the Christian date and a neuter designation seems unnecessarily dismissive.

You're aware, those Christian dates are based on Hindu numerals, aren't you?

Kidding, lol!

56 posted on 12/19/2007 1:16:17 PM PST by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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To: joebuck

A.D. = Anno Domini = In the Year of Our Lord


57 posted on 12/19/2007 1:19:31 PM PST by Lucius Cornelius Sulla (Huckabee asks if Mormons believe Jesus, devil are brothers)
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla
"A.D. = Anno Domini = In the Year of Our Lord"

Exactly, see how pretty that Latin translates.

58 posted on 12/19/2007 1:39:14 PM PST by joebuck
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To: Nightshift

gnip...


59 posted on 12/19/2007 1:42:00 PM PST by tutstar (Baptist Ping list - freepmail me to get on or off.)
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To: Migraine
I've always thought that, since you use the Christian dates, it would be less disrespectful to go ahead and use the Christian designations BC and AD as well.

Surely Christians have more important things to worry about than feeling dissed because Jews don't consider this to be the Year of "OUR" Lord.

60 posted on 12/19/2007 1:55:55 PM PST by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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