The Right To Destroy Jewish History

[Sixties Fan]

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has recently seized a Hasmonean-era fortress in Samaria and has converted it into “a Palestinian tourist site” as part of its campaign to seize Jewish heritage sites and transform them into “Palestinian sites” while systematically demolishing archaeological findings.

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[RoccoR]

RE: The Right To Destroy Jewish History
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This is one of those political aspects that I know almost nothing about.

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has recently seized a Hasmonean-era fortress in Samaria and has converted it into “a Palestinian tourist site” as part of its campaign to seize Jewish heritage sites and transform them into “Palestinian sites” while systematically demolishing archaeological findings.

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Reference:
• Palestinians Seize Ancient Jewish Fortress, ‘Declare War on History’ •

I've seen articles on this subject before. They are usually about Arab Palestinian Beaurocrats trying to shakedown Neutral or Jewish Archeologist on dig sites by imposing some restrictions that can be waived by purchasing a dig permit.

But, more and more, I see this cartoon-like rivalry wherein the Arab Palestinians try to put a different interpretation on the archeologist findings.

Regionally, it is not all that uncommon to find where an Islamic influence has caused dig sites to be evicted, looted, ravaged and later destroyed.

“According to the Oslo Accords, there is a requirement for full coordination between Israel and the PA in all matters related to archaeology, like there is security coordination. Therefore, in a situation where there is no security, Israel is obliged to act, so as in crimes against history, Israel is obliged to act,” Shomrim Al Hanetzach stated.
SOURCE: By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency, 23 FEB 20

OK, while there is no such thing as "crimes against history," most countries have some sort codified protection of antiquities and the heritage artifacts. Most of the time, these Legal codes are pretty easy to understand and are straight forward. Most of the time, it is a matter of setting out the rules for the cultural, historic and excavation of sites that are of scientific interest. But in this example (and I've seen other similar examples) it is the territorial host that is actually commandeering the site for monetary exploitation.

The article talks about the Israelis having some responsibility or obligation to protect these sites. But I don't understand what they are supposed to do.


Most Respectfully,
R

 

[Sixties Fan]

[Comedy, comedy, comedy......is the best future for the Palestinians ]

In his fantasy retelling of history, the writer says that the native Arabs resisted the invasion of the Jews. Even David wasn't able to wrest control of Jerusalem from the Arabs. During the days of David and Solomon, Jews only had a kind of limited autonomy that was graciously granted by the Arabs of the area.

My favorite part is this:

[ The Arab Canaanites who gave the world the alphabet from 1400 to 1200 BC - as the Phoenicians are part of the Canaanites - remained the people of civilization, the people of the lands, and the people of sovereignty in most of the cities of the Levant in the time of that city-state. Their struggle with the Jews continued after they entered the Levant, and the invaders were not able to extend their control over the region nor to provide it with a special cultural presence - just as they could not form a prominent presence in it even at the military level except in the time of David And Solomon (1000-923 BC).]



In this "history" the Jews contributed nothing to civilization and the "Palestinians" introduced the world to everything.

Not only that, but history is viewed from the distorted lens of how Arabs see the world today. Therefore, when Cyrus allowed the Jews to return to Israel, he was being lobbied by Babylonian Jews who were his advisors - just like AIPAC does today!

I've seen previous articles that claim Palestinians invented chariots - because of the Hittites.

These inspired me to tweet:
Hey Palestinians:

Canaanites weren't Arab.
Jebusites weren't Arab.
Phoenicians weren't Arab.
Hittites weren't Arab.
Philistines weren't Arab.

.
— Elder Of Ziyon ҉ (@elderofziyon) March 6, 2020

Ali Oqla Arsan is from Syria.

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New claim: Palestinians invented the alphabet! ~ Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News

 

[Sixties Fan]

Despite the closure of the Al-Aqsa Mosque/Haram esh-Sharif due to coronavirus, the staff, workers and guards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque are continuing their hard work," wrote the Jordanian-backed Waqf, which administers the Temple Mount.

The Arab Desk of the Zionist watchdog Im Tirtzu, which first reported the unauthorized digs, accused the Waqf of taking advantage of the closure to perform the illegal digs that are aimed at "destroying Jewish artifacts and history."

Due to the highly sensitive nature of the Temple Mount, all digs must be approved by both the Waqf and the Israel Antiquities Authority.

Despite this, the Waqf has a long history of conducting illegal digs, most notably in 1999 when they disposed of over 9,000 tons of dirt mixed with invaluable archaeological artifacts that are now being salvaged by The Temple Mount Sifting Project.

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Islamic Waqf takes advantage of Temple Mount closure to conduct digs

Waqf posts on social media, showing off the illegal digging it is conducting on the Temple Mount.

www.israelnationalnews.com

 

[Sixties Fan]

Israel and 'Palestine': It's All the Same For The Irish Times | HonestReporting

As part of a series looking at personal experiences under the coronavirus in different parts of the world, the Irish Times interviews Juliet Casey

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[Sixties Fan]

Israel decries Egyptian TV show predicting its destruction, breakup of the US

Foreign Ministry slams as 'completely unacceptable' Ramadan sci-fi production 'El-Nehaya,' in which Jerusalem has been 'liberated' and Jews 'returned to their countries of origin'

www.timesofisrael.com

 

[rylah]

PA Police Arrest Israeli Archaeologists Investigating Arab Robberies in Northern Samaria Site

Armed Palestinian Authority police on Monday arrested two Israeli archaeologists at an archaeological site in northern Samaria, in an area which is under Israeli control.

The group Shomrim Al Hanetzach (lit. guarding eternity), dedicated to preserving antiquities sites in Judea and Samaria, has been carrying out a mapping project of ancient sites which have fallen victim to rogue excavations, looting and damage to the finds. The venture was launched following the announcement of the Trump plan early this year, and has surveyed more than 100 antiquities sites which have been severely damaged – a phenomenon that has been further aggravated by the coronavirus which caused a cut in the Civil Administration’s inspections of crimes against Israel’s historical treasures.

Full story:

PA Police Arrest Israeli Archaeologists Investigating Arab Robberies in Northern Samaria Site

"This is the inevitable outcome of the fact that armed PA police are walking around in distinctly Israeli areas. We urge the Israeli government to adopt a plan to protect our heritage sites."

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[Sixties Fan]

Giant Palestinian Flag marks the focal point of the PA's efforts to erase any trace of Jewish history in Samaria.

The Palestinian Authority is deepening its takeover of Tel Aruma, the Hasmonean fortress in Samaria, damaging Jewish antiquities in the process, Regavim reported. On Sunday, a fleet of heavy engineering machinery from the PA and the Beita Village Council paved a road leading up to the remains of the fort.

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Under Cover of Coronavirus Crisis, Palestinian Authority Destroys Hasmonean Fortress in Samaria

The Palestinian Authority is deepening its takeover of Tel Aruma, the Hasmonean fortress in Samaria, damaging Jewish antiquities in the process, Regavim reported. On Sunday, a fleet of heavy engineeri

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[Sixties Fan]

#Covid1948, an alleged reference to both the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the events of 1948 in Mandatory Palestine, seems to imply that the in-gathering and return of Jews to the region was akin to the spread of a virus for Palestinians in the area, with many Twitter users sharing a a highly-criticized map revealing a shrinking "Palestine" from 1947 to today.

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#COVID1948 trends as users compare coronavirus to Palestinian exodus

A new hashtag on Twitter has gained popularity Thursday that appears to make a connection between the large-scale immigration of Jews to Mandate Palestine prior to the 1948 War of Independence.

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[Sixties Fan]

The Associated Press yesterday concealed from readers that Israel has fully withdrawn from the Gaza Strip, giving uninformed readers the false impression that Israel remains in control of the coastal territory. In the May 13 article, “Despite virus, Pompeo talks West Bank annexation in Israel,” Ilan Ben-Zion wrote:

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AP Obscures Gaza Withdrawal

The Associated Press conceals that Israel has fully withdrawn from the Gaza Strip, writing that Palestinians 'seek' the territory as part of their future

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[Sixties Fan]

So I looked up Dura in Wikipedia and here’s what I found:

The present-day name of Dura has been identified with ancient Adoraim or the Adora of 1 Macc.13.20[3][4] Mentioned as Adora by Apocryphaand often by Josephus.[5] A weak letter is usually lost in Hebrew to Arabic sound conversion, such as in the case of Adoraim to Dura.[6] A loss of a first feeble letter is not uncommon and the form of Dora could be found as early as in several instances of Josephus writings.[5]

So even his village’s name is Biblical!

His response was, sadly, typical:

You guys often have an explanation to suit your needs!

Yes, it’s called the truth.

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Dura, Adora and Biblical names for Arab villages

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[rylah]

Find out how the UN is denying the Jewish connection to Jerusalem.
Thought you had heard everything, but this is no joke:

No Sense Denying the Jewish Connection to Jerusalem

 

[Sixties Fan]

These studies demonstrate that the original reason why the Temple Mount was sacred to Islam and ‎why the mosques were built there in the first place was the return to the place where the Temple had ‎stood with the goal of replacing Judaism and Christianity with Islam, the "supreme religion." ‎Muhammad, it turns out, was influenced by his Jewish neighbors in Medina more than we thought. ‎The similarity between Islamic customs and the customs of Judaism, which directly inspired Islam in its ‎early days, is not coincidental at all. ‎

The most convincing sources that argue for the existence of the Temple and the Mount having ‎belonged to the Jews first are Islamic texts from the period in which the Dome of the Rock was ‎constructed. These indicate that the Jews sort of mentored the Muslims, helping them get to know ‎the holy compound, shortly after their joint enemy – the Byzantines – were defeated. ‎

Archaeologist Professor Dan Bahat, for example, notes that the Muslims, who knew about the Jewish ‎ties to Jerusalem and the Temple Mount, respected the Jews in the first centuries following the ‎construction of the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque. He found plenty of evidence of that, ‎including writings by Mujir al-Din of the 15th century, considered a preeminent source for the Muslim ‎history of Jerusalem. ‎

Other research by prominent current-day students of Islam show that in the early days of the Dome of ‎the Rock, Muslim religious rites on the Mount were very similar to those held in the Temple. Historian ‎Dr. Milka Levy-Rubin describes how the Muslims would anoint the Foundation Stone with "incense," ‎based on ancient Jewish literature. She says that in the compound itself, Jews and Christians served ‎religious role, dressed very like the priests as they were described in the Bible: a cloth robe, a miter, ‎and sashes of expensive and embellished fabric. "Even though this all existed for a very short time, it ‎clearly shows the reason the place was originally chosen… apparently, the Muslims in the beginning ‎saw themselves as carrying out the rites of the Jewish Temple," she writes.

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https://www.israelhayom.com/2020/05/22/muslims-themselves-gave-us-the-tools-to-disprove-palestinian-lies-%E2%80%8E/

 

[rylah]

WATCH: Israel Battles Arab Looters Ravaging Archaeological Sites

An alarming number of archaeological sites in Israel have been robbed or vandalized by looters who seek to both line their pockets and erase all traces of Jewish history in the Land of Israel.

A shocking 95 percent of all archaeology sites in Judea and Samaria have been robbed.

Not only are these thieves trying to steal artifacts, they’re also trying to erase Jewish history.

These brave Israelis are taking a stand to preserve the Jewish people’s history in their ancestral homeland.

WATCH: Israel Battles Arab Looters Ravaging Archaeological Sites | United with Israel

An alarming number of archaeological sites in Israel have been robbed or vandalized by looters who seek to both line their pockets and erase all traces of Jewish history in the Land of Israel.

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[Mindful]

Today’s fireside chat.

Today's Fireside Chat: There is No Such Thing as a "Pro-Palestinian"

Catch today's Fireside chat on YouTube

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[Sixties Fan]

A Scottish MP caused controversy this week when he attempted to add language to a resolution commemorating the “nakba” saying that it was a Palestinian “self-inflicted tragedy.”

The resolution falsely said that the Palestinian exodus in 1948 was a “mass eviction of over 750,000 people from historic Palestine land, which included the destruction of over 500 towns and villages [which] led to generations of pain for the Palestinian people, who continue to live under a state of occupation”.

There was no mass eviction of 750,000 Palestinians. Most of them fled without seeing a single Jewish soldier.

But the phrasing of a resolution that was clearly false was not the cause of controversy. Richard Lyle, a SNP member of Parliament, was condemned for suggesting an addition to the text saying the exodus was “a self-inflicted tragedy, which must, after all these years, be finally resolved by peaceful means and discussions between the parties involved”.

Lyle was condemned by pro-Palestinian groups. But no one condemned the people who sponsored the bill which was completely against historical fact. Benny Morris summarized the reasons for the flight as follows: "Most of Palestine's 700,000 ‘refugees’ fled their homes because of the flail of war (and in the expectation that they would shortly return to their homes on the backs of victorious Arab invaders). But it is also true that there were several dozen sites, including Lydda and Ramla, from which Arab communities were expelled by Jewish troops."

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Scotland newspaper says Palestinians were forced out in 1948 because of Israel’s “rape and torture” of them

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[rylah]

Civil Administration returns artifacts stolen by Arabs

Civil Administration returns ancient archeological artifacts stolen by robbers in the Bethlehem area.

As part of the widespread activity led by the Civil Administration to curb the phenomenon of robbery of ancient artifacts in the Judea and Samaria area, members of the Coordination and Liaison Administration in Bethlehem returned rare archeological findings that were stolen from an archaeological site in the Bethlehem area.

The remains, which were returned on Monday, included various coins and objects dating to different periods in history, ranging from the Persian Period to the Ottoman Period.

It is believed that the findings belong to the Tel Battir site, where remains of a fortified community identified as the ancient Beitar were discovered.

Among the findings was a group of coins minted by Hasmonean King Alexander Yanai, which are decorated with stars and anchors. Also discovered is a coin of Archelaus, the son of Herod who ruled the area after his father's death, as well as a silver coin from the time of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem.

In addition, a large number of Byzantine coins bearing a royal portrait on one side and various symbols, including crosses, on the other side, was returned.

The Head of the Civil Administration Archaeology Unit, Hanania Hizmi, said, "We are doing everything we can to prevent the devastating phenomenon of the robbery of ancient artifacts across Judea and Samaria. I am glad that today we were able to return and preserve remains of historical significance. The Civil Administration will continue to work tirelessly for the protection of national heritage assets and regional history."

Civil Administration returns artifacts stolen by Arabs

Civil Administration returns ancient archeological artifacts stolen by robbers in the Bethlehem area.

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[Sixties Fan]

All The News Anti-Israel Posters Will Not Read Or Discuss

She is saying that the Temple Mount must be an exclusively Muslim site, and Jews should be banned from visiting it even to peacefully stroll, let alone pray – while at the same time pretending to care about freedom of worship! (She also calls all Jews, no matter where they live, “illegal...

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[Sixties Fan]

The SS Patria (which had nothing to do with Leon Uris’ Exodus story) was a ship that the British filled with 1800 Jewish refugees who had “illegally” immigrated to Israel in 1940, with the intent to send them to camps in Mauritania. The Jewish leadership did everything they could to convince the British to allow the Jews to stay, but the British refused.

The full story of what happened didn’t get publicized until 1957, but the Haganah decided to disable the ship by attaching a small explosive to the side, to buy time to try to convince the British to let the Jews stay. The bomb itself fit into a leather lunch bag. But because the ship was not nearly as sturdy as it appeared, the bomb blew a six square meter hole in the side of the ship, and the SS Patria sank within 15 minutes. About 200 Jews were killed. (The British counted over 270, but many managed to slip onto land without being detected.)

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New libel: “Zionists killed Jews rather than allow them to live outside Israel”

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