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	Hebron
		Hebron is a holy city both to Islam and Judaism, as it is believed that Abraham is buried there together with his wife Sarah, their son, Isaac, and grandson, Jacob, Isaac's wife, Rebecca, and Jacob's wife, Leah, in the Machpelah cave.
		The city of Hebron is famous for its charming narrow and winding streets, houses built from stone, and the lively markets.
		Hebron is presently under joint control by Israeli and Palestinian forces, through which the Jews living in the city are protected by Israeli troops.
	lexicorient.com /e.o/hebron.htm (500 words)

	The Hebron Massacre: Another "Defining Moment" in the Middle East
		But the massacre in Hebron was no more an "isolated" event in the Jewish settlements of the West Bank than the lynching of Blacks was confined to a "lunatic fringe" in the American South of the pre-civil rights movement.
		In fact, the massacre in Hebron was rooted in an ugly and racist interpretation of Judaism that is accepted by the majority of the settlers as well as by many Israelis and American Jews.
		Similarly, the Hebron massacre might be relegated by an Israeli investigative committee to a "security failure, " meaning that the presence of a larger number of Israeli soldiers at the Cave of the Patriarch mosque in Hebron could have prevented the massacre.
	www.washington-report.org /backissues/0494/9404015.htm (1120 words)

	The Hebron Massacre of 1929
		By the time the massacres ended, 67 Jews lay dead and the survivors were relocated to Jerusalem, leaving Hebron barren of Jews for the first time in hundreds of years.
		Just one day prior to the start of the Hebron massacre, three Jews and three Arabs were killed in Jerusalem when fighting broke out after a Muslim prayer service on the Temple Mount.
		When the massacre finally ended, the surviving Jews were forced to leave their home city and resettled in Jerusalem.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/History/hebron29.html (902 words)

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		Initial casualty figures are unconfirmed because the Hebron area is under curfew and injured people have been transferred to more than six hospitals in the area.
		Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin called the massacre "a murderous act by a psychopath" against "innocent individuals." He called on both Arabs and Jews to "show restraint." A curfew was declared on Hebron.
		Residents of Hebron continued to rush to hospitals and clinics to donate blood and medicine.
	www.al-bushra.org /palestine/hebron.htm (1426 words)

	Hebron: At Center of the Dispute, a Revered, Deadly City
		There is Hebron the sacred, revered by Jews and Muslims as the resting place of biblical patriarchs and matriarchs, most of all Abraham, progenitor of both religions.
		Hebron is not ever likely to stray far from center stage because, when it comes to religious and cultural intolerance, the city is in a league of its own.
		As a religious and nationalist symbol, Hebron casts longer shadows than even the towering stone walls of the Cave of the Patriarchs, scene of the 1994 massacre and an ancient shrine bearing the scars of innumerable clashes.
	partners.nytimes.com /library/world/mideast-talks-hebron.html (865 words)

	Hebron: The Street (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The written history of Hebron can be traced back to 1720 BCE when it is believed that Abraham purchased the Cave of the Patriarchs as burial place for his wife Sarah.
		This growing incitement led to the Hebron massacre where 67 Jews were killed and the Jewish community was driven from Hebron.
		Hebron became a stronghold for extremists in the settler movement due to its religious significance.
	www.palestinemonitor.org /new_web/hebron_am_johal.htm (1325 words)

	the Hebron Massacre
		It is wrong to dismiss the February 26 massacre in Hebron simply as an act by a deranged individual.
		Hebron is the only place in the West Bank where Jewish settlers live in the heart of an Arab city.
		In the aftermath of the massacre, the U.S. successfully blocked an effort by the UN Security Council to send in a multi-national peace keeping force to the occupied territories, believing that the Israeli military and the settlers should maintain their monopoly of force.
	www.zmag.org /zmag/articles/oldzunes.htm (1287 words)

	1929 Hebron massacre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Hebron massacre of 1929 was the murder by Arab rioters of 67 Jews in Hebron, then part of the Palestine under the British mandate.
		The survivors of the massacre were forced to flee the community, and their property was occupied by Arabs until after the Six Day War of 1967.
		Hebron is one of the four holiest cities in Judaism.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1929_Hebron_massacre (1506 words)

	THE HEBRON MASSACRE OF 1929:
		They assured me that in Hebron there could never be a pogrom, because as many times as there had been trouble elsewhere in Eretz Israel, Hebron had remained quiet.
		While at the Volozhin Yeshiva in the 1880s he encouraged the Hovevei Zion group organized by the students, and he himself was a member of the Hovevei Zion delegation which purchased the land for the settlement of Hadera in 1891.
		Only 430 Jews were alive and whole when assembled to the police station, and that number included a substantial number whose homes were not reached by the attackers, others who hid and were not discovered, and those who were overlooked as they lay among the bodies of the dead and wounded.
	hebron1929.info /Hebronletter.html (4543 words)

	The Background and Consequences of the Massacre in Hebron
		Furthermore, the soldiers stationed in Hebron, who could, even if indirectly, know something about the circumstances of the crime, were confined to their army bases, where they underwent "an investigation by their commanders." Following a time-honored custom, the army "investigated" only its own soldiers without bothering to summon Arab eyewitnesses.
		This means that the massacre in Hebron may be exploited as a basis for suing Israel in the International Court in The Hague.
		The secretary of the 'Council of Judea, Samaria and the Gaza District,' Uri Ariel, proposed to condemn the massacre.
	www.mepc.org /journal_shahak/shahak48.asp (6837 words)

	Hebron - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hebron became one of the principal centers of the Tribe of Judah, and the Judahite David was anointed King of Israel in Hebron and reigned in the city until the capture of Jerusalem, when the capital of the Kingdom of Israel was moved to that city.
		The sentiments of Jews who fled the 1929 Hebron massacre and their descendants are mixed.
		Hebron (الخليل/חברון) • Jenin (جنين/ג'נין) • Jericho (أريحا/יריחו) • Jerusalem (القدس/יְרוּשָׁלַיִם) • Ma'ale Adummim (מעלה אדומים) • Nablus (نابلس/שׁכם) • Qalqilyah (قلقيلية/קלקיליה) • Ramallah (رام الله/רמאללה) • Salfit (سلفيت/סלפית) • Tulkarm (طولكرم/טול כרם)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hebron (2702 words)

	A Sephardic Perspective of Hebron (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Avraham's father was the head of the rabbinical court of Hebron in the 18th century.
		Avraham Hayyim of Hebron was born in Fez, Morocco.
		Hebron and all of the holy land was stolen from the Jews by the savage Romans, occupied by murderous medieval Christian armies, and more than once occupied by various power-hungry Islamic regimes.
	www.sephardiccouncil.org /hev.html (2755 words)

	:: APN :: Hot Issues
		The TIPH returned to Hebron in May 1996, under terms that were part of the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (also known as Oslo II or the Taba Agreement).
		The relationship between the IDF and the settlers in Hebron is a tense one, with IDF soldiers often bearing the brunt of the settlers' actions and anger.
		While Hebron's settlers are some of the most ideologically extremist in the West Bank, the main yeshiva in Hebron, "Shavei Hevron," is known for its commitment to the idea of the sanctity of the Israeli state.
	www.peacenow.org /hot.asp?cid=1636 (3974 words)

	Palestinians Shot in Hebron, 1994
		Hebron, with a small number of Jews living in the midst of the now-Arab city, has been the site of many violent incidents.
		Hebron Muslims were aggressive in threatening Jewish residents, nearby settlers, and worshipers at the Tomb of the Patriarchs.
		Goldstein was buried on a bluff in the Judean hills, on the outskirts of Kiryat Arba, the settlement adjacent to Hebron, in a marble tomb rising from a landscaped plaza.
	www.palestinefacts.org /pf_1991to_now_israel_hebron_shooting_1994.php (1188 words)

	Was Baruch Goldstein Completely Innocent?
		All victimes of the massacre said the shooting went on for five minutes at least.
		The head of the Jewish Department at the time of the Hebron massacre was Carmi Gillon.
		Nor was Gillon demoted for the Hebron fiasco.
	members.tripod.com /~VaAm/Aug2198.html (1572 words)

	Hebron Massacre - 1929
		The violence began in Jerusalem and soon spread to Hebron, Motza, and Safed, all old Jewish communities in Palestine that supposedly lived in harmony with their Arab neighbors, rather than Zionist settlements.
		In Hebron, the Jewish community which had been there for hundreds of years, refused the help proffered by the Haganah underground when it seemed that Arab agitation was beginning.
		Rumors were spread that the Jews had killed Arabs in Jerusalem, that the Jews had burned down the Al-Aqsa mosque (supposedly this was documented with a fake photo) or that the Jews were planning to build a synagogue near the wailing wall.
	www.zionism-israel.com /Hebron_Massacre1929.htm (986 words)

	HEBRON
		Hebron was well known, not for its nationalist feelings, but for its Talmudic school.
		The survivors – about thirty families – do not return to Hebron until 1931 only to again be evacuated during the night of April 23, 1936.
		Throughout all these years, Hebron does not cease to be the scene of bloody clashes between the Palestinians and the Israelis.
	www.jafi.org.il /education/jajz/moriya/hebron/Massacre.html (808 words)

	Poll 7 Palestinian Elections and the Hebron Massacre Center for Palestine Research and Studies Survey Research Unit
		Undoubtedly, Palestinian feelings and their opinions after the massacre in Hebron are beyond stating in a poll or in a research project.
		Palestinians perceive the Hebron massacre as an outcome of cooperation between the killer, Baruch Goldstein, settlers' groups, and the Israeli army.
		Naturally, opposition to postponing the issue of settlements was strongest in Hebron, where only 2.3% thought that the issue should be postponed, 62.4% felt that it should not, and 22.1% felt that postponing the issue in general would be acceptable if the settlers in Hebron were removed prior to final status negotiations.
	www.pcpsr.org /survey/cprspolls/94/poll7.html (3439 words)

	The Hebron File
		Their paths continue to touch each other again and again, through the trials and tribulations of history, as the generations of one become deeply involved in terrorism and the PLO and of the other in the Mossad.
		About 60 Hebron Jews were brutally slaughtered and hundreds of others were wounded.
		The Arab massacre of the Jews of Hebron in 1929 was a part of el-Husseini’s overall plan to rid all of Palestine of Jews.
	www.authorhouse.com /BookStore/ItemDetail.aspx?bookid=25501 (1560 words)

	Hebron Massacre
		Twelve people were killed, including the commander of the Hebron brigade, Colonel Dror Weinberg and the director of security in Kiryat Arba.
		Two of the terrorists were killed at about 11:30 when the commander of the Nahal division in Hebron led a force into the house where they were hiding.
		A Hebron spokesman issued the following statement: The handwriting was on the wall, plain, simple, and visable to all.
	www.internationalwallofprayer.org /E-Yisrael-002-Hebron-Massacre.html (493 words)

	Al Jazeera English - Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The settlers were allowed to patrol Hebron's streets, brandishing their Uzis and M-16s.
		According to Hebron Mayor Mustafa Abdul Nabi Natshi, the Israeli state and its army punished the victims instead of punishing the criminals.
		According to the Hebron Protocol, signed between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Israeli government in 1996, Hebron was divided into two parts: H-1, to be run by the PA, and H-2 (the old town and contiguous neighbourhoods), where the Israeli army was to maintain "security responsibility".
	english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/8D6E265F-4A03-4E27-B802-210B987616EC.htm (781 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Gold does not object to the existence of a Jewish settlement in Hebron, as long as it exists peacefully next to its Arab neighbors.
		The visit was organized by the Bnei Abraham organization, which has been active in Hebron in the past year and has already brought some 2,000 people there.
		Hebron has become one of the most sensitive and violent locations in the West Bank, and terrorist acts and violent scuffles break out between Jews and Palestinians there regularly.
	www.ynetnews.com /articles/0,7340,L-3251756,00.html (275 words)

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		Ever since the occupation of the territories began, the settlers of Hebron have been noteworthy for their militancy, their racist hatred against Palestinian residents of the city and the violent contempt that they and their children demonstrate toward the rule of law and every person in uniform who acts in its name.
		At the center of the Hebron market today stands a building carrying a sign that reads: "this market was built on Jewish property, stolen by Arabs, after the 1929 massacre." The some 400 settlers living there reject a peaceful settlement that trades land for peace.
		Hebron was part of British mandate Palestine from 1917 until 1948 when, together with the rest of what became known as the West Bank, it was unilaterally incorporated into Jordan following the Arab-Israeli war that accompanied the establishment of the state of Israel.
	jerusalem.indymedia.org /news/2002/08/65875_comment.php (3202 words)

	Hebron Diary: "Noam Friedman, a Joshua for the 90's"
		In this case Hebron's Palestinians, who are "too close for comfort" to the settlers living in the centre of town.
		It was also widely reported at the time that Goldstein was "mad", a crazy whose actions were not political but prompted by an unsoundness of mind, in turn caused (according to several media accounts) by his distress at having to treat so many victims of Arab terrorism in his role as a doctor.
		Friedman was spirited away, but still managed to deliver a very lucid account of his reasons for the attack to an Israeli TV crew, namely "to stop the peace process" in the run up to the Hebron redeployment.
	nigelparry.com /diary/hebron/joshua.html (1551 words)

	Israel Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In light of the Hebron massacre, the al Aqsa mosque should be closed immediately, until such time as Jewish worshippers enjoy the same freedom of religion that is currently granted to Muslims.
		The commandment of murdering non-Muslims was of course used by al Qaeda to justify the massacre of 3,000 Americans on 9/11, and it is the universal rallying cry of all Islamic terrorism organizations that loom like a dark shadow over Western Civilization.
		It is inconceivable that the same terrorist organizations that massacre Israelis are allowed to publicly operate less than a mile away from the site of the slaughter of their Jewish victims.
	www.israelforum.com /page.php?sn=119 (1157 words)

	David Hacohen reported on the news of the Safad Massacre in 1929:
		In the bloody Arab riots of 1921, when Yosef Hayyim Brenner, the distinguished socialist pioneer and author, was among those murdered, I was not in Palestine.
		Inside the houses I saw the mutilated and burned bodies of the victims of the massacre, and the burned body of a woman tied to the grille of a window.
		He said he had known that the situation there was serious, and had therefore demanded that troops be sent in, but they had arrived too late.
	www.adl.org /ISRAEL/Record/david_hacohen.asp (734 words)

	Israeli Army Hand Command Not to Shoot Armed Settlers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The panel is investigating the Feb. 25 massacre in which militant settler Baruch Goldstein shot and killed 30 Muslims as they prayed at the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron.
		The testimony may further undercut the army's claim that the massacre was the work of an isolated lunatic and could not have been prevented.
		It is not clear whether the orders bear directly on the Hebron massacre, since no police or soldiers got to the scene until after Goldstein's slaughter was over.
	www-tech.mit.edu /V114/N13/israel.13w.html (769 words)

	Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		They requested to leave weapons in Hebron, in the bank, so as not to be found and confiscated by the British police.
		Hebron's Arabs were noticeably excited, especially after tens of automobiles from Jerusalem began arriving in Hebron, notifying the Arabs of riots in Jerusalem.
		His heroic martyrdom in death was characteristic of the man. With him died his wife Hannah, and their little son Aaron...The introduction to him took place in the Hebron branch of the Anglo-Palestine Bank, of which he was the manager...He mentioned that there was a spare room in his home which would probably be suitable.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/fr/629447/posts (2887 words)

	israelinsider: security: Arabs massacre Jewish worshippers and soldiers in Hebron: 12 dead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The massacre occurred near the Jewish community of Kiryat Arba on the "worshippers' lane" connecting to Hebron, the largest Arab city in the Judean region of the West Bank.
		Last month, as part the "Judea First" plan proposed by former Defense Minister Benyamin Ben-Eliezer and approved by Prime Minister Sharon, the IDF stopped patrolling most areas of Hebron that were designated for control by the Palestinian Authority, although troops remained in reduced concentrations in certain of areas of the city.
		In 1994, after a series of terror attacks against Jews, there was a massacre of 29 Arabs believed to have been committed by Dr. Baruch Goldstein, a Hebron resident.
	web.israelinsider.com /Articles/Security/1636.htm (1262 words)

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