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.

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Yossi Beilin wants to trust Judaism's holiest sites to these people. That makes lots of sense to me... not.

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

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[RightWhale]

It's stone, right?

[Bikers4Bush]

Muslims respect nothing religious that isn't of Islam.

[LayoutGuru2]

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[Saundra Duffy]

OMG

[Diogenesis]

Islamic Respect of America and Americans

[Saundra Duffy]

I'm no Bible scholar but it seems to me I read in the Old Testament about how these guys messed with Abraham's bones and they paid a heavy price. I wouldn't want to mess with Joseph's burial site. No sirree. I try not to piss God off.

[BayouCoyote]

Maybe they were just trying to light up the shine so everyone could see better.


Blood boiling sarcasm.

[ALASKA]

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.

[ZULU]

Visit Hagia Sophia in Instanbul. The Turk Butchers turned it into a Mosque.

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Actually, the Mossad must have done this. Those Palestinians in the photos were used by the Mossad. It is part of Israel's war on all Islam. Just ask Bashar al-Assad. Besides, according to the Malaysian Prime Minister the Jews rule the world, so those Jews could have stopped this unless they want it to happen. It's all a Zionist plot to discredit those poor Palestinian freedom fighters. I know it's true because I heard it on al-Jazeera.

[Stinkerbell]

We can always hope. It's gonna be real hard to not celebrate any horrific event that affects Palis.

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Yep. For those who don't know the Hagia Sophia is the holiest site to the Eastern Orthodox Church.

[TexasCowboy]

Some folks just need killin'.
The sooner, the better.

[tubavil]

Those filthy rotten stinking muslim pigs.

Soldiers of Satan.

And Bush wants to give them their own terror state.

Oh how the Wrath must be building.

[Alter Kaker]

Visit Hagia Sophia in Instanbul. The Turk Butchers turned it into a Mosque.

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

[rwfromkansas]

Those bastards!!!!!!!!!