Horrible: Palestinians Muslims set fire to Joseph’s tomb – [UPDATE: CNN PLAYS IT DOWN]

(UPDATED BELOW)

Today we are seeing Palestinian Muslims take to the streets as they throw stones at Israeli security forces. Here is raw footage of this from the AP of clashes in Bethlehem after Friday prayers.

Note the super-awesome tear gas launching truck as it blankets the area with tear gas cans.

These clashes are only part of it. Earlier a group of Pallys decided to set fire to Joseph’s tomb:

TIMES OF ISRAEL – A large group of Palestinians set fire to the compound containing Joseph’s Tomb in the West Bank city of Nablus.

Channel 2 television said Palestinian Authority security forces dispersed the hundred-strong crowd and managed to douse the fire at the tomb, believed to contain the remains of the biblical patriarch Joseph. Israel Defense Forces troops arrived at the scene once the confrontation was over and the fire was out, the television station reported.

The Walla website also reported that PA security forces had brought the fire under control and dispersed the rioters. The blaze caused major damage to the women’s section at the site, the website said.

There were no reports of any injuries in the incident, which followed a day of relative calm in Israel and the West Bank after weeks of deadly Palestinian terror attacks and clashes.

“The burning and desecration of Joseph’s Tomb last night is a blatant violation and contradiction of the basic value of freedom of worship. The IDF will take all measures to bring the perpetrators of this despicable act to justice, restore the site to its previous condition and ensure that the freedom of worship returns to Joseph’s Tomb,” IDF Spokesman Lt. Col. Peter Lerner said in a statement Friday morning.

 
UPDATE: According to CNN, this fire just ‘happened‘ or something:

Joseph’s Tomb site catches fire in wave of Palestinian-Israeli violence

(CNN)Fire broke out overnight at the compound housing Joseph’s Tomb, a religious site venerated by Jews, the Israel Defense Forces said Friday. Palestinian forces broke up a crowd and put out the fire.

Joseph’s Tomb is in the West Bank city of Nablus in an area under the Palestinian Authority’s jurisdiction.

Judaism considers the site to be the resting place of Joseph, a high Israelite patriarch and son of Jacob who, according to biblical accounts, was sold into slavery as a boy but then rose to become one of the most powerful figures in ancient Egypt, second only to the pharaoh.

Jewish devotees at times go to the tomb under IDF escort at night to pray. Christians also consider Joseph’s Tomb a holy site.

That’s how the article began. I guess the tomb must’ve just spontaneously combusted! Who knows!

If you read on, which most people these days do not, then CNN gets a little more specific about who started the fire, but not terribly specific:

Some Palestinians had started a barricade to prevent Israeli troops from entering Nablus to destroy Palestinian homes when a smaller group tried to set fire to the tomb, a Palestinian official told CNN under condition of anonymity. Part of the compound burned, but the tomb remained intact, the official said.

A smaller group. Sure. Nothing to see here. Just keep walking.

As Ben Shapiro reports, this isn’t the first time this has happened and CNN should be aware of this:

The terror attack on the Jewish holy site is not the first attempt to destroy or deface it by Palestinians – they tried the same routine in 2014, 2013, 2011, and 2008, as well as earlier this year. The Palestinians attempted to burn the Tomb at night because that is when Jews visit the shrine under Israeli Defense Force guard to pray.

CNN should be ashamed for playing down blatant bigoted Jew hatred by these Palestinian Muslims. This article is pathetic.


Comment Policy: Please read our comment policy before making a comment. In short, please be respectful of others and do not engage in personal attacks. Otherwise we will revoke your comment privileges.