The Cave of the Patriarchs is Judaism's second holiest site. At the Cave of Machpela, there is an iron gate. From there one descends stairs--upon reaching the third cave one will find six graves. These are the graves of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and opposite them, Sarah, Rebecca and Leah. Also inside the cave are many barrels, filled with bones of Israelites who would bring the bones of their dead to the Cave in the age of Israel.
The area around Hevron has always been a hot spot and now the temperatures have been upped. Arutz 7 has reported that the Palestinian Authority is building a "new" neighborhood next to the resting place of our forefathers and mothers . With funding from with funding from the German and Spanish governments the PA is constructing 900 homes which will house thousands of arabs, in what will be a new casbah between Kiryat Arba and Hevron that will cut off the main artery of traffic.
As if this isn't bad enough, the "New Neighbours" are going to be freed terrorists and their families brought in from other cities and towns of Judea and Samaria! The family of one terrorist currently serving time for murdering a Jew will be given free housing in the complex. Construction is going on in an area that is under full Israeli control, yet Israeli authorities are doing nothing to halt the project. Security people say they are aware of the risks but attempts to bring the issue up have been blocked "out of political considerations" ...
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