Settling Hebron: Jewish Fundamentalism in a Palestinian City

by Tamara Neuman

Book Overview

The city of Hebron is important to Jewish, Islamic, and Christian traditions as home to the Tomb of the Patriarchs, the burial site of three biblical couples: Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca, and Jacob and Leah. Today, Hebron is one of the epicenters of the Israel-Palestine conflict, consisting of two unequal populations: a traditional Palestinian majority without citizenship, and a fundamentalist Jewish settler minority with full legal rights...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081224995X
• ISBN13: 9780812249958
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"