Fundamentally Freund: Heroes, hoodlums and homes in Hebron
That it took 16 years to grant permission to Hebron’s Jews to build is remarkable, for it underlines how successive governments have failed to muster the courage to expand the Jewish presence there.
HEBRON IS pictured in a historic lecture booklet, which notes, ‘Hebron is very ancient, built originally before Tanis in Egypt. It was David’s first capital, and the headquarters of Absalom’s rebellion.’(photo credit: OSU SPECIAL COLLECTIONS/FLICKR)ByMICHAEL FREUNDUpdated:
