Joseph's Tomb Gravestone Destroyed

Arutz Sheva ^ | 1-20-03

[SJackson]

The Arab destruction of Joseph's Tomb is practically complete. Some time in the past two weeks, Arab vandals hacked away at the large two-meter stone marking the gravesite of the Biblical figure, leaving barely more than a pile of rubble.

Chief IDF Rabbi Brig.-Gen. Yisrael Weiss recently visited the site in Shechem, and discussed its current sorry state with regional IDF commanders. The tomb, under Israeli jurisdiction according to the Oslo Accords, was taken over by Arab mobs when the PLO initiated its ongoing terrorist war.

The Moslem occupiers initially desecrated Joseph's monument and destroyed religious books inside the tomb compound, before proclaiming it a mosque. It was liberated by the IDF during last April's Operation Defensive Shield. Currently, even though Israeli authority has been restored to the site, no Israeli worshipers are allowed to visit, and the holy site is not regularly guarded. Several members of the Chassidic Breslover sect have been arrested attempting to reach the tomb, although many have successfully reached it.

The Od Yosef Chai Yeshiva, located for many years at the holy site, issued a press release demanding the "immediate safeguarding of Yosef's Tomb by the IDF, the ability to worship there again, and the return, finally, of Yeshivat Od Yosef Chai, which was expelled from there at the outbreak of the current Oslo War."

[Alouette]

Yahoo/Geocities doesn't allow linking of images on their server to external sites. You can see it because it's in your browser cache.

[SJackson]

Thanks, didn’t know that. Here’s one from a different site. Can’t find a big pic of the mosque.

[Mamzelle]

Joseph, son of Jacob (Israel), son of Isaac, sone of Abraham.

Ishmael, "unchosen" son of Abraham, father of the uncountable multitudes of Islam.

Now back to desecrate the grave of his nephew.

[MEGoody]

Well, time to destroy a Muslim holy site.

[sharktrager]

I have a question.

Why is it the IDF can keep jews from reaching the tomb to worship, but they can't keep vandals away from it?

[TWRepublican]

I agree. An eye for an eye! Take Mecca and Medina.

[Sinner6]

For example his sending an envoy to Iraq not so long ago really shows his commitment to freedom.

[Sinner6]

So your suggesting I ask him how great he is?

If I came off like I hated the guy I am sorry. He has done some great things, example helping Poland escape communism, but I just don't see him doing that kind anymore.

[martianagent]

The epitome of Muslim ignorance! Joseph save Egypt's survival once upon a time, with his "7 years fat, 7 years lean" vision for the future. Ignorant ingrates, indeed!!!

There is reason to think that Joseph and the great vizier Imhotep who served the pharoah Djoser were the same person. The stories surrounding the two are nearly identical. Nobody ever used to connect the two because they were supposed to have lived centuries apart, but those chronologies are currently being revised.

Basically, the Egyptians have as much of a stake in this one as Jews do.

[DonQ]

Funny thing is that those pictures (posting 16, numbers 2,3, & 4) also don't appear on my video while browsing ... but they do print out in hardcopy and they do show up when I opt for File>Print Preview. I am too computer illiterate to understand why this is happening.

[Salvation]

You are correct about Poland.

I think this Pope will go down in history as a fence-mender. (At least with the other branches of the Catholic faith.) But basically throughout the entire world. Think of his travels.

Admittedly some people disicount this and say the Pope might have been home minding the sexual upheaval within the Catholic Church. It is an arguable point.

[Salvation]

If there is a little red box in the upper left hand corner sometimes I do a right click on it > Select "Show picture" and Voila!

And then sometimes it doesn't work.

[Salvation]

So sad to see these Christian relics destroyed like this.

[SJackson]

Why is it the IDF can keep jews from reaching the tomb to worship, but they can't keep vandals away from it?

It's not under IDF control anymore, the PA takes care of ongoing "security". Most of the destruction took place when the IDF withdrew.

[Nix 2]

Of 394 News Photos on Yahoo Mideast slideshow, there is not ONE single picture of Joseph's Tomb, but Yassin and the blckmasks show up every where. That's not to mention the usual gratuitous pics of women walking, teenagers climbing down cliffs to bypass roadblocks, and the poor, oppressed Palestinians led by a murderous spiritual leader marching, begging Saddam to bomb them, then demanding Israel to protect them. It's mind boggling.

[SJackson]

In case anyone is interested, sorry for any dupes from another thread.

WHAT SHOULD BE DONE TO PROTECT OUR HOLY SITES?
(In view of Moslem contempt for Jewish and Christian Holy Places.) Ruth Matar interviews:

Morton Klein, President of ZOA (Zionist Organization of America)

and

Jodie Anderson, President of Deborah's Battalion

Wednesday, February 26, 2003 between 9-10 P.M. (Israel Time)
Arutz 7 - 98.7 FM and 1539 AM and
LIVE On Internet: http://www.israelnationalnews.com

In the US, 2-3 PM Eastern

[SierraWasp]

Thank you, SJackson!

[SierraWasp]

I guess you can tell from my scream name, I ain't exactly a zionist, right? (grin)

Whatever, I ain't a Catholic neither, but I can recognize slovenly savages when they act out like the biggest fools in history!!!

[mhking]

Just f*****' pathetic.

If we were to desecrate a sacred Moose-lim site, they'd have kittens. Yet for them to go after Christian/Jewish sites is supposed to be OK?

Religion of peace my foot.