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Lookout of the Thousand

The Lookout of the Thousand (Mitzpe HaElef) commemorates a thousand-strong Jewish convoy attacked on the way to Gush Etzion during the 1948 War of Independence. Discussed here as part of a day in the Etzion Bloc, alongside the area’s wider settlement and military history.

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The Lone Oak next to Alon Shvut
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Gush Etzion / The Etzion Bloc

A field trip into Gush Etzion, the Jewish settlement bloc in the Judean Hills: the Convoy of 35 at Har Tuv, the 1948 massacre at Kfar Etzion, Yeshivat Har Etzion, the Roman-period Biyar Aqueduct, the Lone Oak, and Derech HaAvot.

Feb 2014 · 5 minute read
Har Tuv Memorial View out to the hill upon which the Lamed Hei made their final stand Bunker at Kfar Etzion Museum The Beit Midrash at Yeshivat Har Etzion Biyar Aqueduct The Lone Oak next to Alon Shvut 2nd Temple Period Mikve on Derech HaAvot View over the Judean Hills from Derech HaAvot View from Mitzpe HaElef
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