Kfar Etzion massacre: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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==Background==

[[Kfar Etzion]] was a [[kibbutz]] founded in 1943, for military and agricultural ends,<ref name="Collins-Lapierre 215-130" >[[Larry Collins (writer)|Larry Collins]], [[Dominique Lapierre]], ''O Jerusalem,''(1972) Granada Books 1982, p. 217</ref> about 2&nbsp;km west of [[Highway 60 (Israel–Palestine)|the road]] between [[Jerusalem]] and [[Hebron]]. By the end of 1947, there were 163 adults and 50 children living there. Much of the town's population was made up of [[Holocaust survivors]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-05-02 |title=Massacre that marred birth of Israel |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/02/massacre-marred-birth-israel-independence |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref> Together with three nearby kibbutzim established 1945–1947, it formed ''[[Gush Etzion]]'' (''the Etzion Bloc''). According to one member of the settlement, relations were good between settlers and local Arabs, with attendance at each other's weddings, until November 19491947.<ref>Margalit Zisman, cited Michael Petrou, ''Is This Your First War?: Travels Through the Post-9/11 Islamic World'', Dundurn, 2012 p. 167</ref>

[[File:Alvaia gush ezion.jpg|thumb|250px|Funeral procession leaving from [[Jewish Agency]] building, [[Jerusalem]]]]