The market is long and extended from the point of convergence of the traders market with the large market in the north.
In the period leading up to 1936, the majority of merchants were Jews, but after 1936 and after the Arab revolt against the Jews because of the Balfour Declaration and abandoned most of the Jews, then came a large number of Hebron merchants Muslims and replaced the place of Jewish merchants.
The Jews who did not leave were few, but returned after 1967 and occupied larger areas of the Old Town, including the markets, a section they demolished and removed from existence, including buildings, markets and schools, and another section took over and exploited it for their own purposes.
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The market in the past and present
The market was full of Jewish merchants before 1936, then migrated, became Arabs place until the occupation of Jerusalem in 1967, the demolition of most of the market, and remained several shops only.