Elder of Ziyon..
07 August '17..
Every month or so, religious Jews flock to Joseph's Tomb in Nablus to pray. They do this in the middle of the night, under heavy Israeli police protection, because otherwise they would be lynched.
Under existing agreements, the PA is supposed to allow access to holy sites under its control. The Interim Agreement says, 'Both sides shall respect and protect the religious rights of Jews, Christians, Muslims and Samaritans concerning the protection and free access to the holy sites as well as freedom of worship and practice.'
Here is how the PA's official Wafa news agency describes the latest pilgrimage by religious Jews, who are willing to stay for hours in a virtual prison where walking outside could get them killed, in order to get a chance to pray at Joseph's Tomb:
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