The Hilltop
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| Originally published | 2013 |
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| Authors | Assaf Gavron |
| Genres | Novel |
| Political Fiction | |
| Jewish Fiction | |
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| ID | 2952032 |
About The Hilltop
The Hilltop is a 2013 Israeli novel by Assaf Gavron. The novel was "an Israeli best-seller and prize-winner. " The Hilltop is set in a Jewish settlement in the West Bank. It was published in Israel in 2013 and in late 2014 in an English translation by Steven Cohen.
Ramadan and Passover raise tensions at Jerusalem holy site
... Prior to Wednesday s morning s unrest, Hamas called for worshippers to seal themselves in al-Aqsa mosque to stop a plan by Jewish extremists to try to sacrifice a goat for Passover at The Hilltop site, resurrecting a biblical tradition...
Jerusalem: Clashes erupt at contested holy site
... The Hilltop site in Jerusalem is the most sacred place in Judaism and the third holiest in Islam...
Turkey earthquake: Roman-era castle destroyed by quake
... Footage obtained by the BBC showed severe damage at The Hilltop Gaziantep Castle, in the centre of the city...
Jerusalem: Far-right Israeli minister visits flashpoint site
... The Hilltop site is the most sacred place in Judaism and third holiest in Islam...
Pakistan snow: Hundreds rescued from vehicles in deadly blizzard
... Police said as many as 500 families had been stranded as would-be tourists rushed to view the winter snowfall in The Hilltop town of Murree...
Pakistan: Many dead as heavy snow traps drivers in their vehicles
... The military is attempting to clear roads and rescue those still trapped near The Hilltop town of Murree...
Peak District photographer captures 'one in a million' rainbow shot
... The picture has been widely praised after Mr Shepherd Mr Shepherd, who has been taking pictures in the national park for 20 years, said the view from The Hilltop was always amazing, but said this was the first time he had seen anything like this...
Turkey earthquake: Roman-era castle destroyed by quake
The devastation wrought by Monday's deadly earthquake in south-eastern Turkey included The Almost Total Destruction of a 2,000-year-old castle built during the Roman Empire .
Footage obtained by The Bbc showed severe damage at The Hilltop Gaziantep Castle , in the centre of The City .
It was built in the 2nd and 3rd Centuries, before becoming a museum.
Two plus-7 magnitude quakes hit the region on Monday, killing More Than 2,000 people in Turkey and Syria.
A video obtained and verified by The Bbc showed Gaziantep Castle in ruins, with many of its walls collapsed and broken into pieces on The Streets below.
Some of the fortifications in the " east, south and south-east" of The Castle had been destroyed by the earthquake, Turkish state-run news agency Anadolu has been reported as saying, adding that " debris was scattered on the road".
Parts of the nearby Sirvani Mosque were also destroyed, reports said.
The Castle was built by The Romans during the 2nd and 3rd centuries, then strengthened and expanded by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I in the 6Th Century .
It also saw changes made during the reign of the Ayyubids in the 12th and 13th Centuries, as well as the Ottoman Empire , and played an important role during Turkey's war of independence of the early 20Th Century .
Until recently it served as the Gaziantep Defence and Heroism Panoramic Museum.
Hours after The First earthquake, a second quake, with a magnitude of 7. 5, hit the Elbistan district of Kahramanmaras province.
Seismologists have said The First earthquake was one of the largest ever recorded in Turkey.
Hundreds of buildings have collapsed in both Turkey and Syria, with rescuers working to save people trapped beneath the rubble.
Shocking images show buildings that were four or five storeys high flattened, roads destroyed and mountains of rubble.
Source of news: bbc.com
