Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told CNN yesterday that Israel will withdraw from Jenin and Shechem within \"a number of days.\" He said, however, that the IDF will remain in Ramallah and Bethlehem until the wanted terrorists there give themselves up. Holed up with Arafat in the Mukata compound are the murderers of Tourism Minister Rehavam Ze\'evi, as well as the man who organized the Karin-A weapons ship, while in Bethlehem\'s Church of the Nativity, some 200 terrorists holding hostage a few dozen clergy.
Public Security Minister Uzi Landau is against quitting Jenin. He said today that the IDF should not leave the city before it completes the total clean-up of the tremendous terrorist infrastructure there. The Tekumah party, a faction of National Union-Yisrael Beiteinu that recently quit the government, has come out sharply against Sharon\'s intention to leave Shechem. \"Abandoning Joseph\'s Tomb yet again will simply augment the shame when we originally abandoned it at the beginning of the war.\" Arutz-7\'s Kobi Sela reports that the Judea and Samaria IDF Commander met with Yesha leaders several days ago and told them that the army has no problem with the renewal of Jewish presence at the site. The government, however, has decided that it will not allow Jewish access to the site.
Public Security Minister Uzi Landau is against quitting Jenin. He said today that the IDF should not leave the city before it completes the total clean-up of the tremendous terrorist infrastructure there. The Tekumah party, a faction of National Union-Yisrael Beiteinu that recently quit the government, has come out sharply against Sharon\'s intention to leave Shechem. \"Abandoning Joseph\'s Tomb yet again will simply augment the shame when we originally abandoned it at the beginning of the war.\" Arutz-7\'s Kobi Sela reports that the Judea and Samaria IDF Commander met with Yesha leaders several days ago and told them that the army has no problem with the renewal of Jewish presence at the site. The government, however, has decided that it will not allow Jewish access to the site.