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Machpelah (măkpē`lə), cave, near Hebron; also called the Cave of the Patriarchs. The Book of Genesis relates that it was bought by Abraham from Ephron, son of Zohar the Hittite, for a family burial place. The Mosque of Ibrahim, which now encloses the site, may be a successor to a structure built by the Herods. The mosque was the site of the murder of Muslim worshipers by an extremist Jewish settler in 1994.
Machpelah cave where Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Jacob are buried. [O.T.: Genesis 23:19, 25:9, 49:30, 50:13] See : Burial Ground Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | In Hebron this friction led to a series of mutual acts of violence, beginning with the massacre in the Cave of the Patriarchs by a Jew, on the one hand, and Palestinian attacks against settlers on the other. Defence Minister Ehud Barak responded favourably to a request from National Union party MPs to visit Hebron and the Cave of the Patriarchs," a site venerated by both Jews and Muslims, Barak's spokesman Ronen Moshe told AFP. Alongside the Gaza siege, bloodthirsty Israeli settlers are creating havoc elsewhere in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, particularly in Hebron or Al Khalil, as it is called by the Palestinians, where the Cave of the Patriarchs or, in Arabic, the Ebrahimi Mosque or Sanctuary of Abraham is located. |
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