Militant Jewish settlers are continuing their occupation of Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus, a site they took over last Thursday to protest the axe attack on a Jewish settler in the Nablus marketplace last Monday morning.
The settlers agreed, however, to restrict their presence to the daylight hours in conformity with army regulations. At night they gather at Bracha, a settlement near Nablus which is the home of the attack victim, Yosef Stern. The settlers said they were dissatisfied with the response they got from Defense Minister Moshe Arens at a meeting in Tel Aviv Friday over the deteriorating security situation in the West Bank.
Arens, who learned of the situation when he returned from Washington Thursday, said the occupation of the tombsite in Nablus was “illegal” but no action was taken to remove the settlers. The military government rejected their request for permission to stage a demonstration in Nablus, the largest Arab city in the territory.
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