Gush+Etzion

= Pre-Trip Research...Tyler Burstyn =

Location of your site:
Gush Etzion is located between Jerusalem and Hebron, __ [|31.64432°N 35.15762°E] __

== Geographical Features (Include a Picture or Map): ==



The Meaning of the Name of your Site:
The site is named after a kibbutz Kfar Etzion.

Historical Background/Significance:
On November 29, 1947, the United Nations approved the Partition Plan. The bloc fell within the area allotted to a proposed Arab state.

== Do other Cultures or Religions have connections to your site?: ==

Yes. The Arabs and Israels had to do with it, it all began in 1947.

Connect a Talmudic/Biblical saying to your site:
== Share any Midrash, Fables, or other “stories” about the site: ==

http://www.gush-etzion.org.il/gush-movie.htm

= Now You're ready to create a multimedia presentation in Hebrew for class here in America. =
 * Not sure how.

= You're also responsible for a brief "Tour Guide" presentation in __ENGLISH__ to be given at your site in Israel. = >> The establishment, defense and fall of Gush Etzion has been described as "one of the major episodes of the State of Israel-in-the-making," playing a significant role in Israeli collective memory. [|[7]] The motivation for resettling the region is not so much ideological, political or security-related as symbolic, linked in the Israeli psyche to the massive loss of life in the [|Israeli War of Independence]. [|[8]]
 * The core settlements of Gush Etzion before 1948 were [|Kfar Etzion], [|Massu'ot Yitzhak] , [|Ein Tzurim] and [|Revadim] , built on tracts of land purchased from the early 1920s. [|[5]] From November 29, 1947, Kfar Etzion was under siege and cut off from Jerusalem. On May 13, 1948, when the village surrendered, 127 Jewish inhabitants were massacred by the [|Arab Legion] . The other villages surrendered the next day. The inhabitants were taken prisoner and the homes were plundered and burned. [|[6]]

= After the Trip... =

Picture From your Site.
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Reflections:
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