The Palestinian Authority has imposed a virtual siege at a yeshiva established at Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus, Israeli officials are charging. The West Bank standoff began when Israeli authorities allowed yeshiva students to sit shiva around the clock for two recently slain settlers who attended the school. Palestinian officials claimed that Israel was trying to start a settlement at the yeshiva and responded by preventing buses from entering and leaving the site.
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