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The soldiers on the corner are some of the over 1500 Israeli combat troops
in Hebron. Some of them are Russian immigrants, many Eastern Orthodox
Catholics, who were promised land in return for their military service.
On April 4, 1968 some Israelis seized a small hotel in Hebron and from that
grew the settlement of Kiriyat Arba. The Israeli combat troops are in Hebron
to secure this Israeli colony within Palestinian territory.
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