Hebron Rehebilitation Committee

      Hebron is the last hill-top city one encounters before entering the desert, i.e. it is a city surrounded by Bedouins and semi-Bedouins from both the South and the East. Its mountainous and fertile land as well as its agricultural soil just right for grapevines and fruit trees requiring relatively low temperatures (apples, cherries, apricots, plums and almonds) have given the city a strategic importance.
 
 
 
 
      Hebron is located 30 km South of Jerusalem, and lies 950 m above sea level (about 1300 m above the Dead Sea). It is one of the highest cities in the area and was, until the 19th century, considered the highest city in the Middle East. The climate in Hebron is temperate and the mean year-round temperature ranges between 15-16° (an average of 7° in winter and 21° in summer). Annual precipitations average around 502 mm.