In Dead of Night, Joseph’s Tomb Restored Following Arab Riots

November 5, 2015

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The Jewish holy site of Joseph’s Tomb was restored overnight on Tuesday following riots last month that damaged the site.

Overnight, around 50 works came to the site under escort by the Israel Defense Forces to make the necessary repairs. The Shomron Regional Council paid approximately NIS 100,000 ($25,830) for repairs to the tomb.

Last month, Joseph’s Tomb, which is located near Shechem (Nablus) in Samaria (Shomrom), was set ablaze by more than 100 rioters as part of a “Day of Rage. They threw a firebomb inside the premises, which set part of the site on fire. Rioters also threw rocks at Israeli troops. Multiple fires caused by the rioting were eventually put out by Palestinian Authority security forces who control the site.

“The sovereign over Joseph’s Tomb is the Jewish people, and so the Jewish people have restored this place of rest of one of its ancestors,” said Davidi Ben Tzion, deputy chairman of the Shomron Regional Council.

According to the Book of Joshua, Joseph was buried outside of the city of Shechem, which is modern-day Nablus. As part of the 1993 Oslo Accords, Jewish prayer is limited at the site to only once a month during the middle of the night, when the IDF secures access to the tomb. But Jewish worshippers often sneak into the site to pray.

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