Mount Kabir - Elon Moreh Traditional Cache
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The cache is located in mount Kabir, east of Shecem (Nablus). Elon Morreh is located on the western section of mt Kabir the great overlooking the Valley of Terzah, mount Ebal, and mount Grizim. Note: This area is under full Israelis control (aka C Zone) and therefore can be accessed by ISRAELIS. The access road passes near Itamar.
Elon Moreh is the first place that the Bible names when Abraham comes from his native country, with his family. God appears to him in the Plains of Moreh and he is told to build an altar. In 1980, the land on which it was erected was designated as state land and therefore eligible for Israeli settlement. Elon MOREH was the first settlement to be established in the northern West Bank after the Six-day WAR. It established by a group led by Rabbi Menachem Felix and Benny Katzover Garin. Elon Moreh was build in order to found a settlement in the Shechem area. Eight times the group tried to choose a plot but the Israeli government under Itzchak Rabin prevented those attempts. ONLY defense minister Shimon Peres help them. The cache is on the high point of western section of Har Kabir, near the memorial of Brigadir-General Joseph Lunz, who was the IDF commander of the region of Shechem. The views of Tirzha Valley, 630m below, are breath taking. In the high point of Har Kabir is a Makam (place of prayer) identified as Neby Belam Iben Rbaah, the Muedhen of the prophet.
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