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Palestinians burn Joseph's Tomb (again)
WorldNetDaily ^ | February 12, 2008 | Aaron Klein

Posted on 02/13/2008 9:08:20 AM PST by Between the Lines

JERUSALEM – Palestinians yesterday tried to burn down Joseph's Tomb – Judaism's third holiest site – according to Palestinian security officials speaking to WND.

It marks the second time the Palestinians attempted to burn down the tomb, located near Nablus, the biblical city of Shechem.

Joseph's Tomb is the believed burial place of the biblical patriarch Joseph, the son of Jacob who was sold by his brothers into slavery and later became viceroy of Egypt.

Palestinian security officials in Nablus said yesterday they were called to the tomb to find 16 burning tires inside the sacred structure.

A Palestinian police official who inspected the site told WND today there was some fire damage to the tomb. He said the Palestinian Authority, fearing embarrassment, immediately formed a joint committee from the PA's Force 17, Preventative Security Services and Palestinian intelligence, to find out who was behind the fire.

He said patrols were stepped up around the site.

A spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces said the IDF was not aware of the fire or any unusual activity near the tomb but that it would immediately inquire with the PA.

The move comes after Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced last week he would ask Israel's Defense Ministry to work with the PA to reconstruct and restore the tomb, parts of which were destroyed by Palestinians, including known PA security officers, in 2000.

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TOPICS: Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: israel; palestinians; tomb
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1 posted on 02/13/2008 9:08:23 AM PST by Between the Lines
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To: Between the Lines

Unwashed beasts.


3 posted on 02/13/2008 9:10:45 AM PST by TheThirdRuffian (Don't blame me; I will write in Thompson.)
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To: Post5203

Was Joseph Catholic?


4 posted on 02/13/2008 9:11:34 AM PST by NavVet ( If you don't defend Conservatism in the Primaries, you won't have it to defend in November)
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To: Post5203

“Brace yourself for beheadings and massive riots by the Catholics again. /s”

Has the Archbishop of Canterbury come out in support of the Muslim arsonists yet?


5 posted on 02/13/2008 9:11:46 AM PST by Slapshot68
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To: Between the Lines; Alouette

Utter sacrilege. Of course, a world that considers ancient pagan idols to be “treasures of humanity” cares not a whit.


6 posted on 02/13/2008 9:12:59 AM PST by Zionist Conspirator ("Veshakhanti betokh Benei Yisra'el; vehayiti lahem l'Eloqim.")
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To: Between the Lines

Kill the Palestinians responsible & then burn down their tombs.


7 posted on 02/13/2008 9:13:02 AM PST by forkinsocket
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Brace yourself for beheadings and massive riots by the Catholics again. /s

Wouldn't your sarcasm have been more to the point if you had used Jews (whose holy site it is) instead of Catholics?

8 posted on 02/13/2008 9:14:14 AM PST by Zionist Conspirator ("Veshakhanti betokh Benei Yisra'el; vehayiti lahem l'Eloqim.")
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To: Between the Lines

Here's what it looked like the last time these primitives did this..

9 posted on 02/13/2008 9:15:38 AM PST by vikingd00d
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To: forkinsocket
Kill the Palestinians responsible & then burn down their tombs.

Or just reclaim the Temple Mount and call it even.

10 posted on 02/13/2008 9:18:38 AM PST by Always Right (Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
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To: vikingd00d

These savages have brought His curse upon themselves.


11 posted on 02/13/2008 9:24:07 AM PST by SolidWood (All conservative effort into retaking Congress!)
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To: Between the Lines

Wikipedia has an article on this, here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%27s_Tomb

It’s been vetted by Muslims, naturally, but it describes some of the previous violence and destruction at the tomb.

I’m not sure what the Muslim attitude is, exactly. In Islam, Joseph is Youssef, and there are passages about him in the Koran. He is supposedly one of the Muslim “prophets.”

But the Muzzies seem very, very anxious to destroy this tomb.


12 posted on 02/13/2008 9:24:25 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Zionist Conspirator
Heck they have a meteorite entombed! It is the cause of hundreds of deaths each year. Why would they care about a real Religious Treasure?
13 posted on 02/13/2008 9:25:20 AM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Always Right
Or better yet, reclaim the Temple Mount and Shchem.
14 posted on 02/13/2008 9:25:49 AM PST by forkinsocket
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To: Between the Lines

In northern Cyprus, the Eastern Barbarian Mohammedans have turned Orthodox Churches and shrines into public urinals and stables. The same fate has befallen those Orthodox churches and monasteries in Kosovo which haven’t simply been destroyed. What do all of these desecrations have in common? The financial and diplomatic support of the Bush Administration.


15 posted on 02/13/2008 9:26:31 AM PST by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)
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To: Kolokotronis

Anyone who still believes that the massive slaughter of Islamists and the destruction of vast areas in the Islamic Republics can be avoided - is delusional....

That is how it has always been, that is how it must always be....when dealing with 7th century cultists.


16 posted on 02/13/2008 9:31:16 AM PST by river rat (Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: Between the Lines

Bastards


17 posted on 02/13/2008 9:32:27 AM PST by TexasRepublic (When hopelessness replaces hope, it opens the door to evil.)
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To: Zionist Conspirator

I care.


18 posted on 02/13/2008 9:32:50 AM PST by Marysecretary (GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL.)
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To: Marysecretary

YHWH remembers.


19 posted on 02/13/2008 9:39:46 AM PST by Citizen Tom Paine (Swift as the wind; Calmly majestic as a forest; Steady as the mountains.)
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To: river rat

“That is how it has always been, that is how it must always be....when dealing with 7th century cultists.”

This what some of us were taught in our cribs by our old people and what we have taught our children and grandchildren.


20 posted on 02/13/2008 9:39:47 AM PST by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)
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