Both Joseph and Agam were rescued from imprisonment.
The group came under Arab attack at the site.
Terrorists blocked the road leading to the Jewish holy site.
By Josh Hasten
Every visit to the Jewish holy site in Shechem (Nablus) since March has been attacked by terrorists.
Hamas, the Lion's Den and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror groups said they were responsible for the attack.
Just a week after elections, a number of new and old MKs visited Kever Yosef (Joseph's Tomb) in Shechem on Tuesday night.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Wednesday night’s entrance took place on the occasion of the Sukkot holiday and to mark the Ushpizin day of Yosef HaTzadik.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
After being rescued by the IDF, one of the wounded Israelis was evacuated by helicopter.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Firebombs were thrown at the worshippers going to the ancient Jewish holy site.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
There were no Israeli casualties.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
In addition, shots were fired at the forces, who returned fire.
Israel sent the Palestinian Authority a key to the door at the tomb, under PA control. The key was sent back along with the door.
The Secretary of State said in Madrid, where the "peace process' officially started 24 years ago, that Israel knows it must keep the status quo.
By JNi.Media
Arabs burned the site that the Palestinian Authority is committed by the Oslo Accords to guard and to allow access by Jews.
Israel continues to carry out the Abbas' commitment to root out terror, one of the reasons being that several terrorists are his security officers.
The foreign and local media are telling the world that a few lunatic Jews tried to burn a church but are silent on wholesale Palestinian Authority hate.
“Both sides shall respect and protect the listed below religious rights of Jews, Christians, Moslems and Samaritans.” – Oslo Accords.
President Shimon Peres delivered a Christian New Year’s message enthusiastically proclaiming that Israel “will continue to guarantee access to holy sites for all” in the wake of recent “price tag” attacks on Christian sites. “There is no place for violence in our society, even more so when it targets people or places of faith,” he […]
Israeli soldiers on Tuesday arrested three Palestinian Authority security officers who murdered 24-year-old Ben-Yosef Livnat at Joseph’s Tomb two years ago but spent only one year in a PA jail before being freed. An IDF investigation of the incident confirmed Palestinian Authority claims that Livnat and other Jews tried to enter the holy Jewish site […]