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Source: https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Rivlin-Jewish-Hebron-not-stumbling-bloc-to-peace-600595
President of Israel: Hebron Is a Test of the Ability of Jews and Arabs to Live Together
(Jerusalem Post) Tovah Lazaroff - "Hebron is not an obstacle to peace. It is a test of our ability to live together, Jews and Arabs, to live decent lives side by side," President Reuven Rivlin said on Wednesday in Kiryat Arba. Rivlin recalled that he was one of the first soldiers to liberate the city and enter the Tomb of the Patriarchs during the Six-Day War. "Here in Hebron, the City of the Patriarchs, in a cave that was bought for full price, our right to this land was established as just and moral, a right to property over which is and will always be uncontestable," Rivlin said, as he referenced Abraham's purchase of the Tomb that is recorded in the Bible. "From that time and until the brutal massacre of 1929, the city was one of the four holy cities with continuous Jewish settlement that was renewed again after the victory in the Six-Day War."