Jewish worshipers entered Joseph's Tomb in Shechem last night, in violation of a military order, and Arabs fired upon soldiers who came to extricate them.
The worshipers, who have entered the area before - two or three times with army permission and many times without - say they cannot accept the abandonment and surrender of such a holy site to the Arabs' threats of violence. The army reiterated that Israelis are forbidden from entering Area A - areas deemed under full PA control according to the Oslo agreements - and that those who enter endanger both themselves and others. No one was injured in the incident.