Anger at Shuvu Banim officials: Terrible, they embrace the murderers

Anger at the family of Ben Yosef Livnat Hy"d – a Breslev chassid from Shuvu Banim who was murdered near Yosef's Tomb by Palestinian policemen, a year and a half ago - following the reporting this morning on B'Chadrei Charedim, during which Breslev activists associated with Shuvu Banim, including Chaim Reicher chairman, of Yesod Olam association, and Benny Machlev, with PA officials and asked them to arrange entry to Yosef's Tomb sponsored by Palestinian police officers - as part of the battle of those politicians.

Rivka and Noam Livnat, the parents of Ben Yosef Livnat hy"d, reacted strongly and with turmoil: "It's terrible! The brothers sold Yosef for money, and now they are selling the memory of Ben Yosef. Our son gave his life on the Tomb of Yosef, and now politicians come and embrace the nasty killers. We are sad."

Shomron Regional Council, which organizes the entrances coordinated with the IDF, during which thousands of worshipers enter each month, said in response that the it is a meaningless media gimmick: "The only thing the terrorists in uniform called 'Police Senior Officials' do at Yosef's Tomb is violate again and again the holy place. It is embarrassing that less than two years after the murder of Ben Yosef Livnat at Yosef's Tomb by Palestinian police terrorists, sources are using those killers to produce meaningless journalistic gimmicks. Organized IDF secured entrances in which thousands of worshipers from all circles and streams will continue to be conducted regularly each month."

Shomron Regional Council emphasized that the registration center is open to the general public and the haredi public, and one can to register and come to pray in a neat fashion with protected and subsidized buses. Phone number at the center: 1-800-800-019.

The IDF told the Ma'ariv newspaper, in response, that any coordination with the Palestinian Authority is not valid due to the military order prohibiting Israelis from entering the place without coordination.

According to IDF sources, such entry is very dangerous, and one cannot rely on the agreement reached. "Whoever makes it endangers his life and the IDF soldiers," said a JSA source. Military official further noted: "Every month there is at least one entrance to the tomb of Yosef in approval and coordination of the IDF, depending on the situation of security."

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