Shechem was one of the great cities of its area ... this structure was abandoned about 1650 B.C., the ruins covered over, and a massive temple-fortress erected--the largest in Palestine.

(JNS) Agam Berger, the Israel Defense Forces field observer who was released from Gaza on Jan. 30 after 482 days in Hamas captivity, prayed at Kever Yosef (Joseph’s Tomb) in the Samaria city of ...