'Joshua's altar site may be outside of Israel's borders' - settler leader
June 05, 2020
Mount Ebal and an explanation of its standing at the altar
(photo credit: TAMAR HAYARDENI)
Concerns have been raised by settler leader Yossi Dagan that the archaeological site where the Biblical figure of Joshua is supposed to have erected an altar could end up being outside Israel’s borders under the Trump peace plan.
Efforts are currently underway to map out the precise areas in the West Bank which the current US administration is allowing Israel to annex, but Dagan, who opposes the aspects of the Trump plan granting the Palestinians a sovereign state, said that “sources” of told him that Joshua’s alter may be on the Palestinian side of the border. MORE