Lt.-Col. Rabbi Avi Ronsky says that the IDF is interested in restoring a Jewish civilian presence to Joseph's Tomb in Shechem, which was recently largely destroyed by Arab vandals. "Army officers requested that the government enable Jews to pray and study there, as they did before the Oslo War, but the government did not do so," he said. "I hope that now, with the NRP entering the government, it will have a say on the matter."



He said that the IDF is in the midst of thoroughly uprooting terrorist infrastructures from Shechem and environs, where many wanted terrorists have been hiding out. The current offensive is the most thorough since Operation Defensive Shield of last April, he told Arutz-7 today. The reserves officer also said that the