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Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The old Jewish cemetery in Hebron, West Bank is located to the west of the city centre in Admot Yishai, a Jewish neighbourhood in the H1 sector of the city. The site has been used as a Jewish cemetery for hundreds of years, as attested to by Ishtori Haparchi, who noted a Jewish cemetery in this area in around 1322. It was used by Hebron's Jewish community up until 1936, when the remaining Jews were evacuated by the British for their safety during the Arab revolt.During the Jordanian period (1948-1967), the cemetery was intentionally destroyed and the site was cultivated by Palestinians for growing produce. Around 4,000 tombstones were removed and used for construction purposes.In the aftermath of the 1967 Six-Day War, Israel convened an inter-ministerial investigating committee to determine the scope of the desecration to Jewish holy sites under Jordanian rule. A Palestinian declared that before he ploughed the cemetery, a Muslim priest gave him permission "to clean away the graves of the Jews." A former member of the Hebron city council testified that a prominent Palestinian councillor told him that the Jewish cemetery had been destroyed by direct order of the Jordanian government.After Jews returned to Hebron, they requested that the old Jewish cemetery be reopened. As it was located in a hilly Palestinian residential area opposite Hebron's main market, initially the Israeli government prohibited the cemetery from being used. It was only after a campaign by family Nachshon that permission was granted and the cemetery became a "cornerstone of the ideological commitment to merge old and new." In time, refurbished tombstones were installed bearing the names of original community members. Situated adjacent to an area populated by Palestinians, the site has become the target of frequent vandalism, according to Arutz Sheva and the Committee of the Jewish Community of Hebron.The cemetery has six plots. Among the prominent rabbinical sages and community figures buried in the cemetery are rabbis Eliyahu de Vidas, Solomon Adeni, Elijah Mizrachi and Yeuda Bibas. The cemetery also contains four mass graves with the remains of 59 victims of the 1929 Hebron massacre. A corner of the cemetery contains the remains of several Torah scrolls and Jewish prayer books which were torn up and set alight on the eve of Yom Kippur on October 3, 1976, at the Cave of the Patriarchs by Palestinians rioters.The cemetery also plays a significant part in Christianity. According to the King James Version of the Holy Bible, the land was purchased by Abraham for four hundred shekeles of silver. He bought the land as a berrial plot for his wife Sarah and his dead.. }

• Old_Jewish_cemetery,_Hebron abstract "The old Jewish cemetery in Hebron, West Bank is located to the west of the city centre in Admot Yishai, a Jewish neighbourhood in the H1 sector of the city. The site has been used as a Jewish cemetery for hundreds of years, as attested to by Ishtori Haparchi, who noted a Jewish cemetery in this area in around 1322. It was used by Hebron's Jewish community up until 1936, when the remaining Jews were evacuated by the British for their safety during the Arab revolt.During the Jordanian period (1948-1967), the cemetery was intentionally destroyed and the site was cultivated by Palestinians for growing produce. Around 4,000 tombstones were removed and used for construction purposes.In the aftermath of the 1967 Six-Day War, Israel convened an inter-ministerial investigating committee to determine the scope of the desecration to Jewish holy sites under Jordanian rule. A Palestinian declared that before he ploughed the cemetery, a Muslim priest gave him permission "to clean away the graves of the Jews." A former member of the Hebron city council testified that a prominent Palestinian councillor told him that the Jewish cemetery had been destroyed by direct order of the Jordanian government.After Jews returned to Hebron, they requested that the old Jewish cemetery be reopened. As it was located in a hilly Palestinian residential area opposite Hebron's main market, initially the Israeli government prohibited the cemetery from being used. It was only after a campaign by family Nachshon that permission was granted and the cemetery became a "cornerstone of the ideological commitment to merge old and new." In time, refurbished tombstones were installed bearing the names of original community members. Situated adjacent to an area populated by Palestinians, the site has become the target of frequent vandalism, according to Arutz Sheva and the Committee of the Jewish Community of Hebron.The cemetery has six plots. Among the prominent rabbinical sages and community figures buried in the cemetery are rabbis Eliyahu de Vidas, Solomon Adeni, Elijah Mizrachi and Yeuda Bibas. The cemetery also contains four mass graves with the remains of 59 victims of the 1929 Hebron massacre. A corner of the cemetery contains the remains of several Torah scrolls and Jewish prayer books which were torn up and set alight on the eve of Yom Kippur on October 3, 1976, at the Cave of the Patriarchs by Palestinians rioters.The cemetery also plays a significant part in Christianity. According to the King James Version of the Holy Bible, the land was purchased by Abraham for four hundred shekeles of silver. He bought the land as a berrial plot for his wife Sarah and his dead.".