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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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1 posted on 12/19/2007 12:09:29 PM PST by West Coast Conservative
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To: West Coast Conservative

Animals.


2 posted on 12/19/2007 12:11:51 PM PST by TheThirdRuffian
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To: West Coast Conservative

That’s what you get when you let the Barbarians get their claws on the sacred sites of the Bible. And the “International community” just promised those animals another 7 billion dollars.


3 posted on 12/19/2007 12:12:35 PM PST by SolidWood (Al Gore: "I have never heard of this, but I think it is a very good idea,")
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To: West Coast Conservative

i love how these atheists use BCE for dating.


4 posted on 12/19/2007 12:12:50 PM PST by abstracTT
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To: abstracTT

I think they use BCE because it’s a Jewish publication.


5 posted on 12/19/2007 12:14:46 PM PST by West Coast Conservative (Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.)
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To: abstracTT
i love how these atheists use BCE for dating

"BCE" and "CE" originated with Jews, not atheists.

6 posted on 12/19/2007 12:14:56 PM PST by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: West Coast Conservative

Now, if it were the Jews or Christians doing something similar to muslim graves, the “Arab Street” would be rioting all over the world, hacking off heads, and the MSM and the RATS would be defending their “outrage”.


7 posted on 12/19/2007 12:15:19 PM PST by Redleg Duke ("All gave some, and some gave all!")
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To: abstracTT

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?


8 posted on 12/19/2007 12:16:48 PM PST by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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To: Redleg Duke
Now, if it were the Jews or Christians doing something similar to muslim graves, the “Arab Street” would be rioting all over the world, hacking off heads, and the MSM and the RATS would be defending their “outrage”.

There's only one way to be sure.

9 posted on 12/19/2007 12:16:55 PM PST by SlowBoat407 (Just how will wrecking the U.S. economy save the planet?)
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To: Lurking Libertarian
"BCE" and "CE" originated with Jews, not atheists.

Why would Jews use "Before Christian Era" and "Christian Era" in assigning dates?

/I know, I know....

10 posted on 12/19/2007 12:17:24 PM PST by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus ("Hi, My name is Mitt, and I invented the fifty dollar abortion!")
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To: West Coast Conservative
Didn’t they do the same at the Nativity a couple of years ago? They were hiding and took sanctuary in a church and then basically defecated all over the place.
11 posted on 12/19/2007 12:17:35 PM PST by SF Republican
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To: West Coast Conservative

I’ll give a Jewish publication a pass for using BCE and CE. However, referring to Joshua as a Prime Minister, as if he were the Benjamin Netanyahu of antiquity overseeing the Jewish “Parliament” is really, really silly.


12 posted on 12/19/2007 12:19:32 PM PST by Dr. Sivana (Not a newbie, I just wanted a new screen name.)
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
If you'd like to be on this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.

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13 posted on 12/19/2007 12:19:52 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: TheThirdRuffian

BLOODY SAVAGES!!


14 posted on 12/19/2007 12:20:00 PM PST by elcid1970
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To: abstracTT

I seriously doubt the author is an athiest. It’s an Israeli publication.


15 posted on 12/19/2007 12:21:24 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: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus

BCE and CE are Common Era, not Christian Era.


16 posted on 12/19/2007 12:21:34 PM PST by newzjunkey (Huckabee, Rudy, Romney: 3 red herrings, 3 easy pickings for Dems in '08.)
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To: TheThirdRuffian
Animals.

I think it's an insult to the animal order, to compare them to demonized human beings.

17 posted on 12/19/2007 12:22:04 PM PST by unspun (God save us from egos -- especially our own.)
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To: Lurking Libertarian
"BCE" and "CE" originated with Jews, not atheists

I wonder, what event happened to mark the start of the "common era" and the end of the era "before the common era"?

18 posted on 12/19/2007 12:22:22 PM PST by infidel29 (Huckabee is the new Ron Paul..Thompson/Hunter - Hunter/Thompson either works for me.)
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To: newzjunkey
BCE and CE are Common Era, not Christian Era.

They are?????

19 posted on 12/19/2007 12:24:01 PM PST by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus ("Hi, My name is Mitt, and I invented the fifty dollar abortion!")
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To: Alouette

Ping


20 posted on 12/19/2007 12:24:45 PM PST by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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