A Shechem-area coordinating committee criticized the Palestinian Authority Friday for this week's daytime visit to the Tomb of Joseph by members of the Knesset Land of Israel lobby and Samarian leaders, according to the Bethlehem-based Ma'an news agency. An announcement by the committee also expressed anger at the PA for providing security for the visit, calling it an affront to the PA population.
Among the groups signing the committee's statement were the Popular Front terror group, the National Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the Palestinian People's Party, the Palestinian Democratic Union, the Palestinian Liberation Front and the Arab Liberation Front.