Historic Samaria tomb desecrated

The Tomb of Joshua ben Nun in Samaria was desecrated on Thursday night by as yet unknown perpetrators who grafittied abusive statements in Arabic on the walls of the tomb site.

The phrases 'we swear – we will stay faithful to the blood of the shahidim', 'we are the defenders of the national project' and 'conciliation, speak to you enemy through bullets' were grafittied on the tomb along with the 'signature' 'Fatah was here'. (Yair Altman)