Jewish settlers and Palestinians threw eggs and rocks at one another in the West Bank town of Hebron. The tensions erupted following last week’s slaying of Rabbi Shlomo Ra’anan, whose grandfather, Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak Hacohen Kook, helped inspire the modern-day settlers movement. Ra’anan became the third Jewish settler in the West Bank killed this month by suspected Palestinian terrorists. Meanwhile, the Israeli Cabinet called on Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to condemn the murder.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
