More Arab Anti-Semitism

When the Arabs claim they are not ant-Semitic and that they have nothing against Jew but Zionism mis the problem, tell them about this little item:


Hundreds of settlers break into Yussef’s Tomb performing Talmudic rituals

NABLUS Shchem, (PIC)– Hundreds of Jewish settlers broke into Yussef’s Tomb to the east of Nablus in West bank last night to perform Talmudic rituals under IOF protection.

Eyewitnesses said that 15 military vehicles stormed the eastern part of Nablus, and headed towards Yussef’s tomb to secure the entry of buses and cars carrying hundreds of Jewish settlers who came to perform religious Talmudic rituals.

The sources affirmed that the occupation forces fired stun grenades and tear gas against Palestinian houses in the area. They continued in their rituals till the morning hours, using loudspeakers and loud music during their prayers, caused great nuisance to the residents who threw stones and empty bottles as a response to their provocation.

It should be noted that the Israeli settlers have repeatedly stormed the Tomb which was an Islamic mosque built over a tomb of an Islamic Sheikh named Youssef Dweikat from the town of Balata. It was seized by Israeli settlers just after the occupation of the West Bank in 1967 under the pretext that it contains Tomb of Prophet Youssef.

Remember,

a) "Talmudic rituals" is an anti-Semitic buzz phrase.  Jewish ritual practices stem from the Bible.

b) that Joseph's tomb is in Shchem predates Arab arrival in the country.

c) the Oslo Accords recognized Jewish holy site status of the building in detailing arrangements regarding the Tomb in Article V(2b) of Annex I, which were designed “to ensure free, unimpeded and secure access” to the site.

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Second Temple Hebrew Inscriptions

You know what "Hebrew inscriptions" means, yes?

Jews.

Israelites.

Hebrews.

Not Arabs.

So, here's a new book by Jan Dušek on the subject:

Aramaic and Hebrew Inscriptions from Mt. Gerizim and Samaria between Antiochus III and Antiochus IV Epiphanes


And the theme of the book

stands on the intersection of epigraphy and historical research: the Aramaic and Hebrew inscriptions discovered in the vicinity of the Yahwistic sanctuary on Mt. Gerizim and their historical background. The study addresses the evidence from three perspectives: the paleography and dating of the inscriptions; the identity of the community who carved them and its institutions; and, finally, the larger historical and political context in which the inscriptions were produced.

And the best part:

This book is particularly useful for historians of Palestine in the Second Temple period, for biblical scholars, and for those dealing with Aramaic and Hebrew paleography and epigraphy.

By the way, Mt. Gerizim, you of course know, is at Shchem, aka Nablus.

Are you Pals. (and their supporters) still trying to engage in "identity theft" and "inventivity nationalism"?

From the Table of contents

I. Scripts of the inscriptions from Mt. Gerizim
1. Temple-city on Mt. Gerizim; 2. Scripts used on Mt. Gerizim;...6. Spelling with dalet or zayin;...9. Paleo-Hebrew fragments
II. Identity
1. Samaria in the Hellenistic period; 2. Identity of worshippers of Yahweh in Samaria; 3. Religious institutions in Hellenistic Samaria; 4. Texts used by the Samarian Yahwists: Pentateuch; 5. Samarian Yahwists as foreigners in the Jewish society; 6. Date and circumstances of the exclusion: the case of Sidonians in Shechem;...
III. Southern Levant between Antiochus III and Antiochus IV Epiphanes
...2. Chronology of Josephus in Ant. 12.129-236; 3. Seleucid and Ptolemaic kings in Ant. 12.129-236; 4. The dotal agreement (Ant. 12.154-155); 5. The Tobiads; 6. High-priests in Jerusalem

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Looking Towards Shchem

Tuesday evening, May 31, Mount Gerizim will be the iste of a mass 'overlook' of Shchem and Joseph's Tomb:

In memory of BenYo Livnat.

A Test for a Journalist

Harriet Sherwood of The Guardian published this today in a story in her View From Jerusalem column on her visit to Shchem:

...earlier this week the Israeli authorities dismantled the notorious Hawara checkpoint at the entrance to the city, where Palestinians seeking access to or from the city - for work, study, shopping, family visits, medical treatment - were kept waiting, often for several hours. Many were denied passage.

Traffic - both vehicles and people on foot – now flows freely. Other checkpoints and roadblocks are still in place around the city [are those IDF or local Pal. police roadblocks?], but the dismantling of the symbolic and hated Hawara barrier has been welcomed by locals. Not so the inhabitants of nearby Jewish settlements, who have bitterly criticised the move, saying it compromises their security.

If, God forbid, there is a security-related incident, with or without injuries, will Ms. Sherwood reconsider her relatively benign view of Jewish security concerns?

Will we read about her possible doubts of rhe irreliability of the Pals. on this issue?

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Joseph's Tomb Seen From Mt. Gerizim

Photograph by Yonah Tzoref

Jameel's Visit to Shchem

Here at the Muqata with a great video (under the circumstances).

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And here:

Grace, Wanna Come on Up to Shiloh?

USINFO Special Correspondent (aka a State Department journalist), Grace Bradley, filed this report on the security situation in Shchem (שכם), that's Nablus for all you Latin-cum-Arabic lovers(*).

It claims:-

Security Returns to the West Bank Town of Nablus
New elite security forces crack down on petty crime

Maybe I can get her to visit with us in Shiloh?


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(*) The Romans, who conquered the Land of Israel, laid it waste and expelled its native Jewish population, renamed the Biblical city of Shchem as Neapolis (= New City) and since Arab speakers cannot properly prounounce a P (i.e., "Palestine" is Filastin in Arabic), it came out Nablus.

Here:

Flavia Neapolis ("new city of the emperor Flavius") was founded in the year 72 by the emperor Vespasian 2 km west of the site of the Biblical city of Shechem. In the 5th and 6th centuries, the emperor Zeno built a church on the summit of Mount Gerizim in response to a revolt, but the church (called Maria Theotokos) was destroyed after the Arab conquest of the city in 636. The city became Nablus, the Arabic pronunciation of Neapolis.