“The government is showing that Jewish heritage will not be allowed to fall into the hands of people who want to erase our history and identity,” Jewish Community of Hebron representative told JNS.
Hebron
Yitzhak Ben-Hebron escaped Arab riots as a child and later returned to rebuild the Jewish community in the city.
14 terror suspects arrested – extensive weapons finds during multi-day operation in Judea and Samaria.
Surrounded by Arabs, isolated settlements and ranches are tasked with defending the land so that future generations may enjoy them.
The group purchased eight buildings over 18 years with full-price cash, facilitating Arab emigration and Jewish return to the city.
“It is emphasized that roofing the compound will not affect the prayer arrangements or the status quo at the Tomb of the Patriarchs,” the Israeli Defense Ministry’s COGAT unit told JNS.
“We want cooperation with Israel,” says Sheikh Wadee’ al-Jaabari. “We want coexistence.”
“It is not every day that one is given the opportunity to continue a 4,000-year-old historical enterprise!”
To be there is to return to the source of Jewish history in the promised land.
Israel’s soft-spoken, uncontroversial president is criticized for allegedly “legitimizing apartheid”
