Beit Romano and the Hezekiah Quarter from afar. Credit: The Jewish Community of Hebron.
After more than two decades of planning, bureaucratic hurdles and court petitions filed by opponents, the Jewish Community of Hebron is on the cusp of laying the foundations for 31 new housing units in the city’s historic Hezekiah Quarter.
Extremist Israeli organizations, and believe it or not, radical Members of Knesset were up in arms that Israel’s President Chaim Herzog lit Hanukkah candles at the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron last night. On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, Josh says that while it’s no surprise that Hamas and the Palestinian Authority accused Herzog of “storming” Hebron on Hanukkah (which is essentially a blood libel), what’s more disturbing is MK’s and Israeli groups who are not in the consensus trying to deny a modern-day connection between Judaism and its second holiest city.
Construction underway at the new housing for Jewish community in Hebron. Credit: Courtesy/The Jewish Community of Hebron.
Construction has started on 31 new housing units for Jewish residents in the city of Hebron, which represents the first new major building in the “H2” section of that town in the past 21 years.
A group of Jewish leaders representing the Jewish community of Judea and Samaria participate in a prayer session for U.S. President Donald Trump ahead of the presidential election, Nov. 2, 2020. Credit: Hebron Hills Regional Council Spokesperson.
A group of political leaders representing the Jewish communities of Judea and Samaria gathered in Hebron on Monday morning outside the Cave of the Patriarchs for a prayer session wishing U.S. President Donald Trump success in tomorrow’s presidential election.
On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten, Josh jumps from topic to topic in a week which saw the announcement of a new Jewish neighborhood in Hebron, while IDF forces neutralized a terror cell in that same area, which had been making a habit of trying to murder Israeli motorists on the roads. Also, did you realize that 2,600 rockets have been fired at Israel by terrorists from Gaza in the past two years alone? Someone is keeping score, but will someone finally do what it takes to stop the rockets? All of this and much more on today’s show.
Photo Credit: Derek Winterburn – https://www.flickr.com/photos/dnwinterburn/11911462795/
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a ceremony marking the 90th anniversary of the 1929 riots and Jewish massacre in the city of Hebron, outside of the Tomb of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs, Sept. 4, 2019. Photo by Gershon Elinson/Flash90.
Their presence at ceremonies marking the 90th anniversary of the riots and Jewish massacre sent a signal that the Jewish community in the ancient city is there to stay.
Members of TIPH, or Temporary International Presence speak with Israeli soldier outside the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron on August 8, 2018. Credit: by Gershon Elinson/Flash90
Advocates praised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s move to end the mandate of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron, or TIPH, which they contend stoked hostilities and friction between Jewish and Arab residents.
On today’s Israel Uncensored with Josh Hasten an interview with Yishai Fleisher International Spokesman for the Jewish community in Hebron and radio host on the Land of Israel Network. Fleisher details the government’s approval of a new neighborhood in Hebron, which represents the first such Jewish construction there in more than 16 years. Fleisher says that the new homes will help strengthen that 3,500 year-old Biblical Jewish town.