{"id":83906,"date":"2021-03-03T17:05:34","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T15:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=83906"},"modified":"2021-02-25T07:35:17","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T05:35:17","slug":"19-05-59","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=83906","title":{"rendered":"Prophet Joshua’s Mount Ebal altar site harmed by Palestinian road work"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Prophet Joshua’s Mount Ebal altar site harmed by Palestinian road work<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

TOVAH LAZAROFF<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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News of the destruction caused an immediate outcry among right-wing politicians.<\/strong><\/h5>\n

An aerial view of the biblical site of Joshua’s altar on Mount Ebal. \/ (photo credit: SHUKI LEVINE)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Palestinian Authority roadwork destroyed portions of a 3,200-year-old wall that belonged to the biblical site of Joshua\u2019s altar on Mount Ebal, according to the right-wing NGO Shomrim al Hanetzach.<\/span><\/p>\n

The area near the Palestinian city of Nablus, also known by the biblical name of Shechem, is located in Area B of the West Bank, and therefore the site falls under the auspices of the PA, and as such the Civil Administration has no oversight, its representative explained.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shomrim al Hanetzach reported that Palestinian workers had ground ancient stone from the site\u2019s exterior wall into gravel to pave the road as well as made use of stones from within the site itself.<\/span><\/p>\n

The altar remains intact, but Shomrim al Hanetzach, which focuses on the preservation of Jewish archaeology said it fears additional damage to the site could still occur.<\/span><\/p>\n

It pointed to a pledge by Strategic Affairs Minister Michael Biton (Blue and White), who is also a minister in the Defense Ministry, that no harm would come to the site as a result of the roadwork.<\/span><\/p>\n

News of the destruction caused an immediate outcry among right-wing politicians.<\/span><\/p>\n

Religious Zionist Party head MK Bezalel Smotrich called the destruction an \u201cinsane failure\u201d whose \u201cresults are irreversible.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Once in the government his party will demand the closure of the Civil Administration, which governs civilian life in Area C of the West Bank. Civilian affairs in Judea and Samaria should be dealt with directly by various ministries, he said, adding that such a move would be a form of de facto sovereignty.<\/span><\/p>\n

MK Matan Kahana said that the destruction was \u201canother sign of the lack of governance by the Netanyahu government which has given up our culture\u2019s cradle.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Former justice minister, MK Ayelet Shaked (Yamina), said, \u201cThere are relentless attempts to weaken our hold on our homeland and to obscure the Jewish people\u2019s glorious past in the Land of Israel, both through terrorist acts and destruction of archaeology.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe government knew that work was being done in this area and yet part of the archaeological site was destroyed,\u201d Shaked said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan said the harm to the site was an unfortunate consequence of the government\u2019s failure to preserve Jewish heritage in Judea and Samaria.<\/span><\/p>\n

Guy Derech of Shomrim al Hanetzach said the altar was one of the more important archaeological sites, and that harming it was a violation of the Oslo Accords.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe call on the prime minister and government ministers to stop burying their heads in the sand, to start working before no more heritage remains,\u201d Derech said.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Prophet Joshua’s Mount Ebal altar site harmed by Palestinian road work TOVAH LAZAROFF News of the destruction caused an immediate outcry among right-wing politicians. An aerial view of the biblical site of Joshua’s altar on Mount Ebal. \/ (photo credit: SHUKI LEVINE) Palestinian Authority roadwork destroyed portions of a 3,200-year-old wall that belonged to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[26,24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83906"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83906"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84036,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83906\/revisions\/84036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}