Silence about Joseph´s Tomb Desecration

Arutz 7 ^ | 3 March 2003

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Silence about Joseph´s Tomb Desecration

The government has still said and done nothing about the desecration of Joseph's Tomb in Shechem - and the army is not happy about it. Senior IDF officials say that the government's apathy is costing Israel a price in both the religious and security spheres. They feel that the PA interprets it as a weakness of the Israeli military. Their recommendation is to repair the damage and to ensure permanent Israeli presence - if not of civilians, then at least of IDF forces. IDF officers showed Defense Minister Sha'ul Mofaz photos of the damage, which occurred between one and three weeks ago, yesterday. The Cabinet discussed the matter last week, but took no decisions.

On the other hand, the Simon Weisenthal Center has submitted an official protest to the United Nations World Heritage Committee regarding the PA Arabs' desecration of Joseph's Tomb. Shimon Samuels, head of the Center's Paris branch, said that in his recent visit to the site, he saw "much destruction, garbage, and pieces of wrecked cars."

[BabsC]

I believe the operative word here was "lately" like in the last few centuries?

Without the west they wouldn't have the means to get the oil much less refine it.

[BabsC]

The Christians, I've heard, have let the arabs take over Bethlehem and Nazareth.

I've also heard they abuse the Christian tourists and have attempted to build a mosque where they believe Jesus was born etc etc etc.....

I don't believe arabs have created anything just taken what they want and destroy the rest.