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Al-Rahman was referred to in code as "the Black Rabbi." Despite the protection money paid to him, he continued to confiscate Jewish property. In the wake of these events, some Hebronite Jews resettled in the Old City of Jerusalem and HaGai (al-Wad) Street was called "Hebron Street" by the Jews until 1948. [35]
Settling Hebron: Jewish Fundamentalism in a Palestinian City. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-4995-8. Menachem Klein (2014). Lives in Common: Arabs and Jews in Jerusalem, Jaffa and Hebron. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-939626-9. Vitullo, Anita (2003). "People Tied to Place: Strengthening Cultural Identity in Hebron's ...
In 1170, Benjamin of Tudela visited Hebron, referred to as in its Frankish name St. Abram de Bron. [79] He mentioned the great church called St. Abram, which was once a Jewish place of worship during the time of Muslim rule. [79] The Gentiles had erected six tombs there, claimed to be those of Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebekah, Jacob, and Leah. [79]
8 May: Temporary International Presence in Hebron begins. Al-Shuhada Street closed to Palestinians. Palestinian Child Arts Center founded. 1996 - 20 January: 1996 Palestinian general election. [9] 1997 16 January: Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron effected. Population: 119,801 (119,401 Palestinians + 400 Jewish settlers). [3]
Jewish synagogues were desecrated, a Jewish hospital, which had provided treatment for Arabs, was attacked and ransacked, and only the exceptional personal courage displayed by Mr. Cafferata – the one British Police Officer in the town – prevented the outbreak from developing into a general massacre of the Jews in Hebron.
The synagogue became the spiritual hub of the Jewish community there and a major center for the study of Kabbalah. [ 2 ] : 39–41 It was restored in 1738 and enlarged in 1864; the synagogue stood empty since the 1929 Hebron massacre , [ 3 ] was destroyed after 1948, [ 4 ] was rebuilt in 1977 and has been open ever since.
Israeli settlers claimed that Israeli settlement around Hebron was justified in light of the 1929 Hebron massacre and the continuous presence of Israelis in the area until then. [8] The town is a self-sufficient community, with pre-nursery through post-secondary educational institutions, medical facilities, shopping centers, a bank, and a post ...
1517 Hebron attacks occurred in the final phases of the Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–17), when Turkish Ottomans had ousted the Mamluks and taken Ottoman Syria. The attacks targeted the Jewish population of the city.