Hebron is one of the oldest cities in the region; because of its associations with the Prophets Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, it is one of the holy cities in Palestine for Judaism, Christian and Islam, which reveres Abraham as a founder of monotheism and precursor of Prophet Muhammad
Modern Hebron is an agricultural marketing and trade center, with glass and leather manufactures. The Cave of Mach-pelah (Hebrew Me'arat ha-Makhpela) is surmounted by a large mosque, al-Haram al-Ibrahimi al-Khalil (The Sanctuary of Abraham, the Friend). After six days war between the Arab and Israel, Israel occupied the City and allowed for a smaal Orthodox Jewish community to settle their among the large Palestinian community, as a result that in 1994 a Jewish settler open a fire towards the Palestinian while the praying in Al-Haram Al-Ibrahimi (The Abraham mosque) which kill at least 29 of them. |
