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illustrated by a wire net that protects the Arab food and clothing market from the garbage
tossed down by the Jewish residents above. Observing this, I wondered what Abraham
would think about the inability of his feuding descendants to live together better.
In Hebron, the bustling market comes with a net to protect it from falling Israeli garbage.
And it's all about one complicated and tragic sight: The Tomb of the Patriarchs, an
ancient structure capped by a medieval church, which now functions both as a mosque
and a synagogue holding the tombs of Abraham and his family. Abraham purchased this
burial plot almost 4,000 years ago, as explained in Genesis 23.
