Tel Rumeida

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Excavations at Tel Rumeida

Tel Rumeida (Hebrew: תל רומיידה‎) is an archaeological tell in the West Bank believed to be the location of biblical Hebron.[1] It is also the location of an Israeli settlement.[2]

Archaeology

The occupational sequence at Tell Rumeida is very similar to Jerusalem. During the Early Bronze III and Middle Bronze II periods, there was a fortified city at the site. No Late Bronze Age, Iron Age I or IIA cities have been found there. Above the EBIII and MBII fortified city are 8th century BCE four room houses. Fragments of jars and burnished vessels may suggest that there was a small-scale occupation.[3] According to Haaretz, the six-dunam Tel Rumeida excavation site is Jewish-owned land.[4] Prior to the Second Intifada, a Palestinian family farmed the land as a protected tenant but the worsening security situation resulted in them being banned from farming the area.[4]

Settlement

According to Ehud Sprinzak, an Israeli counterterrorism specialist and expert in far-right Jewish groups,[5] the hill was settled by "a small number of very radical Jewish families" in the mid-1980s.[6]

The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.[7]

Notable residents

See also

References

  1. ↑ Michael Dumper; Bruce Stanley (2006). Cities of The Middle East and North Africa: A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 167. ISBN 978-1576079195. 
  2. ↑ Karin Aggestam (2005). "4. TIPH: Preventing Conflict Escalation in Hebron?". In Clive Jones, Ami Pedahzur. Between Terrorism and Civil War: The Al-Aqsa Intifada. Routledge. p. 52. ISBN 0415348242. 
  3. ↑ Herzog, Ze'ev; Singer-Avitz, Lily (September 2004). "Redefining the Centre: The Emergence of State in Judah". Tel Aviv: Journal of the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University (Maney Publishing) 31 (2): 219–220. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Hasson, Nir (Jan. 9, 2014). "Israeli government funding dig in Palestinian Hebron, near Jewish enclave". Haaretz. Retrieved Jan. 9, 2014. 
  5. ↑ "Ehud Sprinzak, 62; Studied Israel Far Right". The New York Times. 12 November 2002. 
  6. ↑ Ehud Sprinzak (2000). "3. Israel's Radical Right and the Countdown to the Rabin Assassination". The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. Stanford University Press. p. 104. ISBN 978-0804738378. 
  7. ↑ "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010. 

Coordinates: 31°31′26″N 35°06′14″E / 31.524°N 35.104°E / 31.524; 35.104

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