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HebronCity southwest of Jerusalem in the southern part of the west bank of the Jordan, occupied by Israel in 1967; population (1996 est) 120,500. The population is mainly Arab Muslim, but just outside the city is a large Israeli settlement called Qiryat Arba. The 400 Israeli settlers are protected by 2,000 Israeli soldiers. Industries include leather, stone cutting, and ceramics. Hebron has experienced frequent confrontation between Israelis and Arabs in the Intifada and throughout the Israel-Palestine peace process. On 25 February 1994, the Hebron Ibrahimi Mosque was the scene of a massacre in which 29 Palestinians were shot dead by an Israeli settler, Baruch Goldstein, while at morning prayer during Ramadan. Goldstein, an immigrant Jew from New York, was beaten to death by survivors. In September 1995, Israel and the PLO signed an accord stating that Israeli troops would hand over 80% of Hebron to Palestinian authority by March 1996, although this did not occur until January 1997. The city was divided into three zones, one administered by Palestine, one by Israel, and one jointly.
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| Schekem and Hebron -- to which one who had taken life inadvertently It does not pay to "fly" minerals and oil a mile farther than is necessary; but the risks of transhipping to submersibles in the ice pack off Nain or Hebron are so great that these heavy freighters fly down to Halifax direct, and scent the air as they go. |
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