Palestinians are About to Destroy Joshua's Altar

Mount Ebal, Israel

The following article was taken, in part, from the Rumble Channel, The Israel Guys titled “BREAKING: Palestinians About to DESTROY Joshua’s Altar,” featuring Aaron Lipkin (see link below), and based on the September 4, 2023, article published by Jewish National Syndicate.

In the face of incredible worldwide propaganda about Israeli settlers building illegally on Palestinian land in the West Bank [literally Judea and Samaria], the Arabs who live in Judea and Samaria are quietly building an actual village on a Judeo-Christian heritage site. This is not only dangerous, but it has the potential to completely erase one of the most significant archaeological finds in Israel. [Palestinians have already removed stones from Joshua’s altar to build a new road.]

The Palestinian Authority has begun building a neighborhood on the site of Joshua’s Altar on Mount Ebal in northern Samaria, Channel 12 reported. An inspector from the Samaria Regional Council’s Lands Department on Sunday discovered that the P.A. has started paving roads as part of a project for 32 housing units on the ruins of the historic site, which is mentioned in the books of Deuteronomy and Joshua. [Deuteronomy 27 tells about God commanding the people of Israel to build an altar to the Lord on Mount Ebal once they cross over from Jordan. Moses was not allowed into the Promised Land, so Joshua completed the commandment and built the altar.]

[This site needs excavation by Israelis. Recently a lead tablet was discovered from this site in 2022. Israel is no longer allowed to do any archaeology digs here.]

The site, near Shechem (Nablus), is in Area B of Judea and Samaria per the Oslo Accords, which falls under P.A. administrative control and joint P.A.-Israeli security control. The head of the Samaria Regional Council, Yossi Dagan, demanded that the Civil Administration intervene to stop the work immediately. “No barbarian will be allowed to destroy this [site] of the people of Israel and human history. A disaster of heritage and history” said Dagan.

“It is a real disaster. It is impossible that in the days of the sovereign state of Israel, we will allow under our noses damage to the only historical site that proves the status of the entry of the people of Israel into its land in the days of Joshua,” he continued.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said in January that Israel would not allow Palestinians to damage the archaeological site.

In a letter sent to Knesset member Limor Son Har-Melech (Otzma Yehudit), Gallant wrote that he had instructed the IDF to carry out frequent patrols in the area and to prevent any activity that could damage the site.

Moshe Gutman, chairman of the “Keepers of the Eternal,” a coalition of organizations for the protection, preservation, and development of antiquities and heritage sites in Judea and Samaria, said that Gallant had broken his promise to protect the site from Palestinian intrusion.

“The Palestinians recognized Israel’s weakness and it was decided to destroy Israel’s most valuable heritage asset in Samaria. If the country does not come to its senses now, the altar and its surroundings will be destroyed and lost forever. I call on the prime minister and ministers of the Israeli government to address the issue immediately,” said Gutman.

Israeli officials said in March that Palestinian road construction had damaged the ancient town of Sebastia, one of the major archaeological sites of the Holy Land, which served as the capital of the Kingdom of Israel nearly three millennia ago. A construction vehicle was confiscated after an inspector found that the Palestinian Authority had begun paving roads on the ruins of the historic site.

This is breaking news and something happening right now, as we speak. An incredibly significant biblical site in Israel’s very heartland is in danger of being completely destroyed.

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