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The settlement was established Rabin, objected to a settlement City of together with in 1984 when several Israeli at the site. He initiated excava- Palestinian Tel Rumeida families arrived in caravans on a tions in not-yet-settled lots iden- residents petitioned the Israeli hill. In 1998 the settlement was tified as Jewish-owned to High Court to stop the archaeo- approved by the Israeli state. prevent settlement expansion. logical excavations, which were According to Hebron settlers, In 1999, due to settlers’ planned as part of the expan- Tel Rumeida is the place where demand to build permanent sion of ’s Hebron archaeo- Jesse, father of King , and homes in the area, the Israel logical park. During the case, it , King David’s great grand- Antiquities Authority once again was revealed that mentioned mother, were buried. The first conducted excavations. In areas were leased in 2012 by excavations were held on the hill 2003, permission was given to the Jewish Committee to the in the 1960’s. However, the the settlers to build permanent Association for the Renewal of second excavation had more structures on the site. Currently the Jewish Settlement in political subtext. According to the neighborhood of Admot Hebron. When the Jewish the report carried out by the Yishai includes one residential Committee realized they would Ezek Shaveh organization building and several caravans not receive permission to build states, when settlers arrived at situated at the side of the exca- on the site, they decided to turn Tel Rumeida hill, the defense vation area. Today archeology is the place into an archaeological minister at the time, Yitzhak still used as a tool in the battle park to keep the land. TEL RUMEIDA Settlement Cage house Elements of the occupation

Road closed Settlers’ buildings Jewish to AL-Shuhada Archaeological street excavation

Military Camp

Jewish Archaeological excavation

YAS Center