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Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Mike Pence tours Hebron with settler leaders, run into Ben Gvir, Marzel
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Former US vice president Mike Pence tours the West Bank city of Hebron, meeting with leaders of the Jewish settler community in the flashpoint town.
Greeting Pence in the course of his visit are neo-Kahanist MK Itamar Ben Gvir and Baruch Marzel, who was barred from running in Knesset elections due to incitement to violence. Marzel served as chief of staff to the extremist former lawmaker Meir Kahane.
Update: The Times of Israel was told Thursday that Pence did not tour with Ben Gvir and Marzel, as reported earlier, but rather that they greeted him at their initiative during his visit.
“Great honor for Karen Pence and I to travel to Hebron today to visit the Tomb of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs at the Cave of Machpelah that Abraham bought to bury Sarah nearly 4,000 years ago,” Pence tweets.
Great honor for @KarenPence and I to travel to Hebron today to visit the Tomb of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs at the Cave of Machpelah that Abraham bought to bury Sarah nearly 4,000 years ago. pic.twitter.com/3Krdda3SUl
— Mike Pence (@Mike_Pence) March 9, 2022
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