Six-Day War
Following the 1967 war, Israel re-established a Jewish presence in Hebron, where Jews had lived for centuries before their expulsion in 1929 and again in 1948.
The 1967 Six-Day War returned the city of Hebron to Jewish control for the first time in nearly 40 years. Situated in the southern West Bank, Hebron is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and holds immense religious significance for Jews, Muslims, and Christians alike. For Jews, it is the burial site of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs—Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca, Jacob and Leah—at the Cave of Machpelah (Ma’arat HaMachpelah), making it the second holiest site in Judaism after the Temple Mount. Prior to 1929, Hebron had a continuous Jewish presence for centuries. That ended with the Hebron Massacre…
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