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MACHPELA CAVE READY TO REOPEN The Machpela Cave (Tomb of the Patriarchs) - scene of February's massacre by Baruch Goldstein - is ready to re-open to the public

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Title MACHPELA CAVE READY TO REOPEN The Machpela Cave (Tomb of the Patriarchs) - scene of February's massacre by Baruch Goldstein - is ready to re-open to the public.
Scope and content Among the new security measures being unveiled there are the following: - that the large Yitzhak Hall will be inaccessable to Jews
-a series of electronic security devices strategically placed - metal doors separating the Yitzhak Hall from the other halls
- metal detectors at the entrance that sound if guns are taken in. Deputy Defense Minister Mordechai Gur went to the cave to inspect the new arrangements October 18 1994 but refused to be drawn on when precisely the cave will be reopened. Hebron Jewish community spokesman Noam Arnon criticized the banning of Jews from the Yitzhak Hall: "We can not live with a situation where we will permanently be separated from one of our forefathers (lsaak) buried there.
Creation Date 1994
Notes המידע אודות התצלום נמסר על ידי יוצר האוסף, מר דן הדני
Genre negative
Additional Place צולם בתאריך: 18 באוקטובר 1994
Extent 1 photograph : b/w
35 mm..
Host Item ארכיון דן הדני.
Language No linguistic content
Call Number ARC. 4* 1995 31 91000.1 66.2
Access Rights online_resources_nli
Level of Description File Record
Credits ארכיון דן הדני, האוסף הלאומי לתצלומים על שם משפחת פריצקר, הספרייה הלאומית The Pritzker Family National Photography Collection, The National Library of Israel
National Library system number 990040476190205171
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