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Palestinians burn Joseph's Tomb ahead of 'day of rage'
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Published: 16.10.15, 08:51
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1. I thought Muslim name YUSUF is actually JOSEPH.So they burn
Alan ,   SA   (10.16.15)
down the tomb of the YUSUF they name their children after.What a thing to do.
2. So they also want JUSUF out of the "West Bank"
Alan ,   SA   (10.16.15)
3. Expel the threat and enforce the right of return
Eran Tiefenbrunn ,   Yitzhar,eretz Yisrel   (10.16.15)
f the genocidal mass murdering cannibalistic extortionists back to the homicidal Hamite peninsular homeland of their own name so you won't have to kill them the next time they cannot control their homicidal impulses in the land named for the Yehudim and their homeland. Your leaders should do with their arms what they have sworn through their lips to do and remove the threat and not those they serve. And don't abandon Yosef and his Druze protector again!
4. And now we see who is REALLY changing the STATUS QUO
Alfredo ,   Raanana   (10.16.15)
5. So much for the sanctity of holy places!
Don   (10.16.15)
That's how important holy places are.............worthy of destruction..........
6. Agreed witth many talkbackers...
Beary White ,   Norway   (10.16.15)
It is time to blow up the al aqsa mosk. With the latest violent behaviors by the arabs, murder, killing, stabbing and then the burning of Joseph's Tomb, it is time to act. BURN DOWN al aqsa mosk. The arabs have lost their right to pray at the soil of Israel. Their behavior would NEVER be accepted in any civilized country in the west. (except Sweden, the new homeland of Islamic terror..)
7. Is This Any Way To Promote a Holy Day?
emanon ,   USA   (10.16.15)
My infidel mind was told Friday's are supposed to be Holy Days to Muslims. Fine way to show your belief and advertise yourself as a "religion of peace" by encouraging rioting and destruction on your "day of rest".
8. Palestinians burn Joseph's Tomb
mat ,   uk   (10.16.15)
this should be proof to the world if Palestinians be in charge of holy places in Jerusalem or anywhere in Israel they will do what other terrorists done in other countries destroy none Muslims religious monuments and Abbas says they will take care of religious places like f..ck they will more lies Israel has a proven record that looks after religious places
9. Palestinians burn Joseph's Tomb
mark ,   uk   (10.16.15)
Israel should tell Palestinians if you damage or destroy our monuments we will damage yours and see how you like it tit for tat
10. day of rage
shulamit ,   Rishon LZion   (10.16.15)
and the world says NOTHING If a Jew were to burn a mosque-oy vey! Then the whole world is in a uproar! It is time to drop aerial bombs and destroy entire arab neighborhoods where terrorists reside, they are collectively responsible! We have the means to do so-does the government have the guts to defend its citizens?
11. Time to put a match to their diseased Al Aksa & Rock abomi-
(10.16.15)
nations on our Temple Mount. Raze that thing to the very ground and then start repatriating Arabs to Arabia, their true homeland. It's not as hard or undo-able as it sound. It's a humanitarian thing to do as well: it'll save many innocent Jewish lives in the future, at the same time will enable the followers of that pedophile degenerate Mohammad to duke it out on their own turf just as they're doing in Syria, Iraq & so on.
12. WHY
YUSEF DWEEKAT ,   BALATA   (10.16.15)
? TO BURN THE DEAD --ONLY GOD MUST DO
13. Muslims know a lot about fires.
Brad ,   USA   (10.17.15)
In eternity they'll find out they ain't seen nothin' yet.
14. Yusuf / Yosef / Joseph
elishebabb ,   Miami USA   (10.17.15)
Yusuf is greatly admired in the Quran. Obviously whoever sought to damage the shrine is not really a religious Muslim..just Muslim in name only or worse ...a hypocrite.
15. A brief Wiki summary of Arab treatment of Joseph's tomb...
Jerry ,   Afula, Israel   (10.18.15)
Here's a brief Wiki summary of the incredibly respectful treatment Joseph's Tomb has received from Muslims over the last decade or so. In the early days of the al-Aqsa Intifada, on the morning of October 7, 2000, Israel withdrew the small contingent of IDF border policemen who had been guarding the site of the Tomb of the Patriarch Joseph and its Yeshiva. The holy site was located in Shechem in Samaria, the town the Arabs call “Nablus”. Over the preceeding days, the Tomb had been attacked with gunfire, stones, and firebombs. The IDF defenders in the compound withstood the attacks and stopped several attempts by armed Palestinians to break in. An IDF border policemen was wounded, and the heavy rioting prevented his evacuation for treatment in time to save his life. The PA also pledged to prevent any vandalism and to return the Tomb to its original state after the violence settled down. The PA pledge was brazenly violated about two hours after the Israeli evacuation, when a Palestinian Arab mob entered the Tomb compound and began to systematically destroy everything in sight, including all remnants of the Yeshiva. The furniture and books that were left behind were burned by the mob. The Palestinian police stood by, failing to prevent any of these violent activities, despite their commitment to guard the Tomb. Within hours, Joseph’s Tomb was reduced to a smoldering heap of rubble. Within two days, as an Associated Press dispatch reported, “the dome of the tomb was painted green and bulldozers were seen clearing the surrounding area,” as the Palestinian Arabs sought to transform the biblical Joseph’s resting place into a Moslem holy site. Minister Natan Sharansky wanted the foreign ministry to publicize photos of the desecrated site, which is in the Palestinian Authority-controlled town of Nablus, the biblical Shechem. “If we would have razed the gravesite of one of the founders of Islam, billions of Muslims would have taken to the streets,” Sharansky said. “It’s inconceivable that the world should not know about this travesty.” Nablus mayor Ghassan Shakaa promised to repair the site to its pre-1967 state, and repairs were carried out; however, workers painted the exterior of the shrine's dome green (the color of Islam), fuelling speculation that the Palestinians intended to build a mosque on the site. After some world outcry, the dome was repainted a neutral colour. On February 23, 2003 the carved stone covering the grave was destroyed. In February 2003 it was reported in the Jerusalem Post that the grave had been pounded with hammers and that the tree at its entrance had been broken; car parts and trash littered the tomb which had a "huge hole in its dome." In 2007, it was discovered that the tomb had been vandalised, and filled with burning garbage. In early 2008, a group of MKs wrote a letter to the Prime Minister asking that the tomb be renovated: "The tombstone is completely shattered, and the holy site is desecrated in an appalling manner, the likes of which we have not seen in Israel or anywhere else in the world." In February, it was reported that Israel would officially ask the Palestinian Authority to carry out repairs at the tomb, but in response, vandals set tires on fire inside the tomb. In December 2008, Jewish workers funded by anonymous donors painted the blackened walls and re-built the shattered stone marker covering the grave. In late April 2009, a group of Jewish worshipers found the headstone smashed and swastikas painted on the walls, as well as boot prints on the grave itself. If Jews were constantly setting a Muslim holy site on fire, there would be so many UN resolutions they would provide toilet paper for UN HQ for a year. But Jewish holy sites don't matter. Jewish lives don't matter.
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