Israel & the West Bank / 2008
A Panoramic Tour

 

Shapira Gate / Hebron

Shapira Gate

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A brass plaque on the wall denotes this spot as Shapira Gate, a memorial to Rabbi Shlomo Yitzhak Shapira. The plaque, in Hebrew and English, says that Shapira was slain "by an Arab terrorist" in 2003.