Hebron

:This article is about the place in the Middle East. For other uses of the name, see Hebron (disambiguation).

Jewish settlement after 1967

Following the Six-Day War of 1967, a group of Jews disguised as tourists, led by Rabbi Moshe Levinger, took over the main hotel in Hebron and refused to leave. They later moved to a nearby abandoned army camp and established the settlement of Kiryat Arba. In 1979, Levinger's wife led 30 Jewish women to take over the Daboya Hospital (Beit Hadassah) in central Hebron. Before long this received Israeli government approval and further Jewish enclaves in the city were established with army assistance. This process of expansion of the Jewish presence is continuing and there are now more than 20 Jewish settlements in and around the city. Jews living in these areas and their supporters claim that they are resettling areas where Jews have lived since time immemorial, but the presence of Israeli settlers in these areas is condemned by local Palestinians as well as foreign governments and the United Nations as a violation of international law.

Related Topics:
Six-Day War - 1967 - Rabbi - Moshe Levinger - Kiryat Arba - 1979 - United Nations

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In 1997, an association comprised of descendants of some pre-1929 Jewish residents of Hebron published a statement dissociating themselves from the present settlers in Hebron, calling them dishonest and an obstacle to peace. http://www.angelfire.com/il/FourMothers/Yona.html.

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