Palestinians Try to Torch Patriarch Joseph=92s Tomb.

From: Israel Faxx | Date: February 13, 2008 | Copyright information

By WorldNetDaily

Palestinians have tried to burn down Joseph's Tomb =96 Judaism's third holi= est site =96 according to Palestinian security officials speaking to WND. M= onday=92s attempt marks the second time the Palestinians attempted to burn = down the tomb, located near Nablus, the biblical city of Shechem.

Joseph's Tomb is the believed burial place of the biblical patriarch Joseph= , the son of Jacob who was sold by his brothers into slavery and later beca= me viceroy of Egypt.

Palestinian security officials in Nablus said they were called to the tomb = to find ...

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