Mount Hebron

For the American town, see Mount Hebron, California.

Mount Hebron (Hebrew: הר חברון‎ Arabic: جبل الخليل‎) is a geographic region and geologic formation in the southern West Bank,[1][2] with its western foothills extending into Israel.[3] The area was in biblical times a center of the Israelite and Hasmonean kingdoms. The region lends its name to the Mount Hebron Regional Council.

References

  1. ^ "Security forces demolish seven houses in Mt. Hebron villages". Haaretz. 14/02/2007. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/826050.html. Retrieved 2009-04-14. 
  2. ^ Europa World Year Book 2. Taylor & Francis Group. pp. 3308. ISBN 9781857432558. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=gP_-8rXzQs8C&pg=PA3308&dq=%22mount+hebron%22+%22west+bank%22&lr=. 
  3. ^ American Archaeology in the Mideast, Philip J. King, p.217, American Schools of Oriental Research, 1983: "Kibbutz Lahav, located in the western foothills of Mount Hebron in Israel"

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