(Left to right: Yishai Fleisher, former Member of Knesset and Hebron
resident Orit Strouk, MK Sharren Haskel, and MP Tim Smith at the Tomb of Machpela
in Hebron.)
resident Orit Strouk, MK Sharren Haskel, and MP Tim Smith at the Tomb of Machpela
in Hebron.)
Australian Member of Parliament Tim Smith, State Member for Kew, and Member
of Knesset Sharren Haskel joined Hebron international spokesperson Yishai Fleisher. They
are the latest in a long line of elected officials who have enjoyed visiting Hebron, one
of the oldest continuously populated cities in the world.
of Knesset Sharren Haskel joined Hebron international spokesperson Yishai Fleisher. They
are the latest in a long line of elected officials who have enjoyed visiting Hebron, one
of the oldest continuously populated cities in the world.
MP Smith, a Victorian Liberal, was visiting Israel with a delegation of
Austraian MPs. According to The
Australian, the delegation to the Australia Israel UK leadership
dialogue held bilateral meetings with senior Israeli ministers to expand trade and
economic links.
Austraian MPs. According to The
Australian, the delegation to the Australia Israel UK leadership
dialogue held bilateral meetings with senior Israeli ministers to expand trade and
economic links.
Also attending the dialogue were former prime minister Tony Abbott, Federal
Labor leader Bill Shorten and Opposition defence spokesman Richard Marles, who met in
Jerusalem.
Labor leader Bill Shorten and Opposition defence spokesman Richard Marles, who met in
Jerusalem.
MK Haskel is a frequent
visitor to Hebron often leading delegations from the Likud party.
visitor to Hebron often leading delegations from the Likud party.
(Australian MP Tim Smith with Israel Defense Force soldiers at the Hebron Heritage
museum in Beit Hadassah. The colorful walls were designed by famous artist and local
resident Shmuel Mushnick.)
(MK Sharren Haskel and MP Tim Smith in the Hall of Isaac & Rebecca, the
largest in the Tomb of Machpela, usually reserved exclusively for Muslim
prayers.)
largest in the Tomb of Machpela, usually reserved exclusively for Muslim
prayers.)
(Former MK Orit Strouk and current MK Sharren Haskel introduce visiting MP Tim Smith to
the IDF soldiers securing the holy sites in Hebron for the 500,000 visitors that visit
annually. Photo taken at the memorial marker for Sarah Imenu, the Biblical Matriarch.
Note the vaulted ceilings left over from the Crusader era, and the Arabic writing added
during the Mameluke era. The floor is the original from the time of the Second
Temple.)
(MK Sharren Haskel and MP Tim Smith meet with Jewish youth in
Hebron)
Hebron)
(MP Tim Smith looks down the small round entrance-way that leads into the
underground burial caves. Some say you can feel a breeze blowing up from the caverns.
Except for two brief excavations in 1967 and in 1981, no one has entered underground for
hundreds of years. This site in the Tomb of Machpela is usually off limits to
Jews)
underground burial caves. Some say you can feel a breeze blowing up from the caverns.
Except for two brief excavations in 1967 and in 1981, no one has entered underground for
hundreds of years. This site in the Tomb of Machpela is usually off limits to
Jews)
(MP Tim Smith and MK Sharren Haskel stand in front of the massive Herodian
edifice over the Caves of the Matriarchs & Patriarchs. It is considered the oldest
still standing structure still in use for the purpose for which it was built. Note the
same Herodian masonry is also found on the Western Wall in Jerusalem.)
edifice over the Caves of the Matriarchs & Patriarchs. It is considered the oldest
still standing structure still in use for the purpose for which it was built. Note the
same Herodian masonry is also found on the Western Wall in Jerusalem.)
To visit Hebron:
United States contact info:
http://www.hebronfund.org
1760 Ocean Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11230
718-677-6886
info@hebronfund.org
Israeli contact info:
http://en.hebron.org.il/
02-996-5333
office@hebron.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/hebronofficial
RECOMMENDED ARTICLES:
* Knesset Member Tours New Hebron
Archeological Excavation
* Hebron Fund Campaign Raises Over
$400,000
* The History of the Maccabees
in Hebron
United States contact info:
http://www.hebronfund.org
1760 Ocean Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11230
718-677-6886
info@hebronfund.org
Israeli contact info:
http://en.hebron.org.il/
02-996-5333
office@hebron.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/hebronofficial
RECOMMENDED ARTICLES:
* Knesset Member Tours New Hebron
Archeological Excavation
* Hebron Fund Campaign Raises Over
$400,000
* The History of the Maccabees
in Hebron
