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BEIT HADASSAH
Settlement
الدبويا
DABOYAEH
The
first
settlement
established
in
the
center
of
the
city
of
Hebron.
The
compound
is
com
-
posed of mainly residential units
surrounding
the
main
building,
which
is
easily
recognizable
due
to
the
pitched
roof
and
monu
-
mental
facade
created
from
multiple
stars
of
David.
Nowa
-
days,
inside,
apartments
are
located
on
the
upper
floor,
while
a
museum
for
the
Jewish
version
of
the
history
of
Hebron
and
memorial
for
67
Jews
killed
during
the
Hebron
massacre
of
1929
is
found
on
the
ground
floor.
The
building’s
ground
floor
was
built
in
the
1880’s
by
Hebronite
Jews.
At
the
begin-
ning
of
the
20th
century,
it
served
as
a
Jewish
hospital.
In
a
later
period,
it
was
used
as
a
dairy
factory
by
the
Abu
Aiseh
and
Ezra
family,
until
the
Ezra
family
moved
to
Jerusalem
in
the
middle
of
the
1940’s.
After
The
War
of
1948
when
a
large
number
of
refugees
started
arriving
in
Hebron
from
Palestin
-
ian
lands
occupied
by
Israel,
the
building
was
used
by
UNRWA
and
later
served
as
a
school
till
the
mid-
1970’s.
In
1979,
ten
Jewish
women
from
the
Qiryat
Arba
settlement
and
their
children
broke
into
the
building
(which
was
empty
at
the
time)
and
began
to
squat
there.
The
Israeli
government
didn’t
formal
-
ly
recognize
the
settlement,
but
neither
did
it
attempt
to
remove
the
settlers.
The
settlement
was
eventually
acknowledged
and
the
Israeli
government
helped
to
restore
and
expand
it.
Part
of
the
settlement
was
located
on
existing
Palestinian
buildings.
Two
residential
caravans
on
a
nearby
street
are
also
part
of
the
complex.
Al-Shuhada
street
Protective
net
Settlers’
Museum
Road closed
to Palestiians
Elements of the occupation
Settlers’ buildings