Claim Discrimination at Kever Yosef - Yeshiva World News

So what are chareidim doing visiting PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) in his Ramallah office? The meeting held earlier this week surrounds the machlokes over arrangements to visit Kever Yosef. It appears the PA leader may be playing a role in arranging visits for chareidi mispallalim.

The reason for the requested intervention surrounds the difficulties experienced by the Yesod Olam organization that arranges for groups to visit Kever Yosef with IDF approval and protection. Their groups are very limited in size by the IDF and visits too often entail prolonged waits to enter and the actual time at the tziyun is extremely limited. Buses transporting yishuv residents appear to receive priority from military commanders Yesod Olam claims.

Yesod Olam directors feel the ?settlers? used their connections with local IDF commanders at the expense of their buses, and this has resulted in unacceptable conditions during visits. Yesod Olam has tried working proper Israeli channels but appears to be stonewalled, leading to his decision to turn to the PA.

A channel to senior official Jibril Rajoub was opened and they are now trying to work with PA officials, bringing the matter to the desk of Abu Mazen.

It would appear that even when it comes to Kever Yosef there is friction between the dati leumi and chareidi communities, a sad state of affairs indeed, exacerbated by the fact that an organization turns to Israel?s enemy for assistance and possible willing to rely on the terrorist authority to protect mispallalim visiting the area, deciding to circumvent the IDF.

(YWN ? Israel Desk, Jerusalem)

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