Kiryat Arba

Coordinates: 31°31′42″N 35°7′7″E / 31.52833°N 35.11861°E / 31.52833; 35.11861
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Kiryat Arba
  • קִרְיַת־אַרְבַּע‎
  • قرية أربع
Local council
Hebrew transcription(s)
 • ISO 259Qiryat ʔarbaˁ
 • Also spelledQiryat Arba (official)
Kiryat Arba is located in the Southern West Bank
Kiryat Arba
Kiryat Arba
Coordinates: 31°31′42″N 35°7′7″E / 31.52833°N 35.11861°E / 31.52833; 35.11861
RegionWest Bank
DistrictJudea and Samaria Area
Founded1968–1971
Government
 • Head of MunicipalityEliyahu Libman[1]
Area
 • Total4,386 dunams (4.386 km2 or 1.693 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
 • Total7,490
 • Density1,700/km2 (4,400/sq mi)
Name meaningTown of the Four [Giants]
WebsiteOfficial website

Kiryat Arba or Qiryat Arba (Hebrew: קִרְיַת־אַרְבַּע, lit. 'Town of the Four') is an urban Israeli settlement on the outskirts of Hebron, in the southern West Bank. Founded in 1968, in 2022 it had a population of 7,490.

The international community considers Israeli settlements illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[3]

Etymology

The modern settlement derives its name from a Kiryat Arba mentioned in the

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There are various explanations for the name, not mutually exclusive. According to the biblical commentator

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History

Israeli settlement in Hebron

A secret government plan to establish the settlement began with the expropriation of Palestinian land, ostensibly for a military base.

Har Hebron Regional Council, it is an independent local council.[9][10]

Israeli settlers living at Kiryat Arba have been targets of multiple attacks by Palestinians. In 1980, three 20-year-old yeshiva students studying in Kiryat Arba were among the

Bani Naim entered a house in Kiryat Arba and stabbed to death 13-year-old Hallel Yaffa Ariel, an Israeli-American girl. The attacker was shot to death, after also wounding a security guard who responded to the Ariel stabbing.[20]

In October 2018, Eliyahu Libman was elected council head beating Malachi Levinger, the son of Moshe Levinger, who had served as head of council for 10 years.[1]

Landmarks

Education

The settlement has the following high schools and yeshivas:

  • The Kiryat Arba Ulpana for girls.[24]
  • The Kiryat Arba high school Yeshiva.[25]
  • The Nir Hesder Yeshiva.[26]

Notable residents

  • Sarah Avraham (b. 1993/94), Indian-born Israeli kickboxer, 2014 Women's World Thai-Boxing Champion at 57-63 kilos (125–140 pounds)
  • Cave of the Patriarchs Massacre
  • Elyakim Ha'etzni (b. 1926), lawyer and former Knesset
    member
  • Moshe Levinger (1935-2015), Orthodox rabbi and Religious Zionist activist
  • Dov Lior (b. 1933), chief rabbi and rosh yeshiva

References

  1. ^ a b NEW BINYAMIN REGIONAL COUNCIL HEAD CALLS FOR STRATEGIC ACTION ON SETTLEMENTS, JPost, 31 October 2018
  2. ^ "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  3. ^ "The Geneva Convention". BBC. December 10, 2009.
  4. ^ "Joshua 14 / Hebrew – English Bible". Mechon-Mamre. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  5. ^ "Bible Gateway passage: Nehemiah 11:25 - English Standard Version". Bible Gateway. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  6. ^ "Navigating the Bible". Bible.ort. Archived from the original on August 7, 2011. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  7. ^ a b c Yotam Berger (July 28, 2016). "Secret 1970 Document Confirms First West Bank Settlements Built on a Lie". Haaretz.
  8. ISBN 978-0814327500
    .
  9. ^ "Beit HaShalom – the House of Peace – a new Jewish building in Hebron". March 19, 2007. Archived from the original on April 30, 2007.
  10. ^ Jpost Archived January 11, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ "Palestinian terrorist in killing of 6 Jews elected Hebron mayor". Times of Israel. May 14, 2017. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  12. ^ "Terrorist attacks and violent incidents in Kiryat Arba". Jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  13. ^ "Comprehensive Listing of Terrorism Victims in Israel". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
  14. ^ "Victims of Palestinian Violence and Terrorism Since 2000". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
  15. ^ "Dina Horowitz". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
  16. ^ Fendel, Hillel (November 26, 2009). "Kiryat Arba: Two Wounded in Terror Stabbing". Arutz Sheva.
  17. ^ Kieron Monks (November 2, 2010). "The Lawless West Bank: The Next Powder Keg?". Newstatesman.com. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  18. ^ Altman, Yair (September 25, 2011). "Police conclude Kiryat Arba car crash a terror attack". YNet.
  19. ^ Altman, Yair (October 6, 2011). "2 Palestinians arrested for Palmer murder".
  20. ^ "Israeli girl stabbed to death by Palestinian inside bedroom". BBC News. BBC. June 30, 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  21. ^ Specter, Michael (November 6, 1990). "Jewish Leader Kahane Slain in New York". Washington Post.
  22. ^ a b Hebron settlers shed no tears after slaughter: Militant Jews are turning mass killer Baruch Goldstein into a folk hero, writes Sarah Helm from Kiryat Arba, Sarah Helm, 28 February 1994, The Independent
  23. Times of Israel
  24. ^ אולפנת קרית ארבע חברון, ulpenot.co.il
  25. ^ "ישיבה תיכונית "אור מנחם" קרית ארבע > אודות הישיבה". yatka.iscool.co.il. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  26. ^ "ישיבת ניר קרית ארבע חברון- ישיבת הסדר גבוהה בקרית ארבע חברון תורת אבות לבנים". ישיבת ניר. Archived from the original on November 22, 2017. Retrieved July 31, 2020.

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