Des Moines Register · 11 August 1984

CP-1984-038

Fresh settlers on Hebron hill stir Arab anger

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HEBRON, OCCUPIED WEST BANK (AP) — Three families are working to establish another Jewish enclave in Hebron on a dusty hill ringed with heavy barbed wire and surrounded by Arab homes. It is the second Jewish settlement in Hebron, a city of 70,000 Arabs that is claimed as a religious site by Jews and Moslems.

The Jewish settlers — three couples and one child — brought in house trailers under cover of darkness Wednesday night. The next day, they put out flower pots and set up housekeeping, complete with water and electricity, as Arab prayer chants emanated from a mosque 100 yards away and their Moslem neighbors watched.

The settlement was accomplished with the approval of Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir's government, which sent a half-dozen armed Israeli soldiers to help set up the barbed wire and to protect the Jews. Two blue-and-white Israeli flags marked the area.

“We moved in under cover because we thought it would be safer,” said Uri Karzen, 23, who emigrated from Chicago seven years ago.“But we believe most of the Arabs understand the Jews have reclaimed their city.” Hebron, about 30 miles south of Jerusalem, is the site of the tomb of the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

Jews say it is their oldest city, but the Moslems also say Abraham is their forefather and the city is theirs. The city has been the site of frequent friction between Jews and Arabs since Israel captured the West Bank from Jordan in the 1967 Six-Day War.

And the newest Jewish settlement has angered and frightened neighboring Arabs, some of whom say they fear losing their homes. “There is nothing we can do. I am frightened even talking to you, because they might put me in jail,” said a Hebron man whose home is 50 feet from the Jewish settlement. He refused to give his name.

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• Fresh Jewish settlement in Hebron angers ArabsDes Moines RegisterDes Moines, Iowa11 August 1984CP-1984-010
• Jewish Families Work to Create Enclave Amid Hebron's ArabsThe Grand Rapids PressGrand Rapids, Michigan13 August 1984CP-1984-012

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