What happened in Hebron?
What happened in Hebron? – According to Chapter 23 of the Book of Genesis, Abraham buries his wife, Sarah, in a cave he buys in Hebron. The Bible says he and other Old Testament patriarchs and matriarchs are later buried there as well, at a site now known to Jews as the Tomb of the Patriarchs and to Muslims as the Ibrahimi Mosque. What happened in 1948 with the creation of Israel? In May 1948, Israel was officially declared an independent state with David Ben-Gurion, the head of the Jewish Agency, as the prime minister. While this historic event seemed...