Prayers and arrests at the Tomb of Joseph

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Orthodox Jewish women and settlers pray at the Tomb of Joseph, a biblical figure from the book of Genesis, in the northern Palestinian West Bank city of Nablus, on May 3. A few hundred religious Jews were allowed by the Israeli army to enter the Palestinian territory, in a heavily guarded convoy, to pray at the shrine.

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An ultra-nationalist Israeli settler is arrested by Israeli border policemen at the Tomb of Joseph on May 3 after dozens of settlers illegally entered.

 

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