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Israeli soldiers patrolling through the Old City of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, 4 July 2026. (Mosab Shawer/Activestills)

‘Like walking into a cage’: Israel tightens its grip on Hebron

By taking over planning jurisdiction, unilaterally modifying religious sites, and erecting new checkpoints, Israel is accelerating its annexation of the Old City.

By Basel Adra July 14, 2026

Palestinians walk by the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Hebron is the next Israeli-Palestinian fight at UNESCO

From a Palestinian point of view, Hebron’s sanctity to the Jewish people does not negate the Palestinians’ right to promote their political rights and sovereignty over the world heritage site. By Yonathan Mizrachi In recent years, every time UNESCO convenes to discuss world heritage sites, Israel-Palestine is in the limelight. Usually, tensions center around the…

By +972 Magazine June 29, 2017

Israeli soldiers gather around the body of a Palestinian man who allegedly tried to stab a soldier at the Jewish settlement in the center of the Israeli-occupied city of Hebron, West Bank, on October 29, 2015. The city of Hebron has seen escalating violence in last weeks. (Yotam Ronen/Activestills)

Shooting attacks wound three Israelis in Hebron; Palestinian shot dead in Gaza

Three Israelis are wounded in two separate shooting attacks in Hebron on Friday. Meanwhile, Israeli undercover agents are filmed arresting and carrying away a Palestinian demonstrator in Bethlehem. Violence continued to stalk the West Bank on Friday, with numerous incidents leaving several Israelis wounded, some seriously, and one Palestinian dead after she allegedly attempted a…

By Natasha Soffer-Roth November 6, 2015

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Shuhada Street in the Old City of Hebron, empty of all Palestinian vehicle and pedestrian traffic, November 13, 2013. Shuhada Street was the main commercial center of the city when it was first closed in 1994 to Palestinian traffic after the Ibrahimi Mosque Massacre, and later to pedestrians as the army shut down the entire commercial area. (Photo: Keren Manor/Activestills.org)

WATCH: 20 years since the Ibrahimi Mosque Massacre in Hebron

Twenty years ago, on February 25, 1994, Israeli-American Jewish settler Baruch Goldstein massacred 29 people in the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, the Muslim holy site at the Cave of the Patriarchs. Goldstein’s attack with an automatic assault rifle left 125 wounded. In the wake of the massacre, its victims, the Palestinian residents of Hebron, were…

By Social TV February 21, 2014

Activists hold a sign reading 'Segregation is not our Judaism,in Hebron , October 25, 2013. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Activists arrested in Hebron: ‘Segregation isn’t our Judaism’

Jewish activists arrested for protesting against segregation in Hebron on day when national-religious Jews descend on the city to mark Abraham’s biblical purchase of the Cave of the Patriarchs. Text by Michael Omer-Man Photos by Oren Ziv/Activestills.org Israeli police arrested seven Jewish activists from Israel and the Diaspora in the segregated city of Hebron on…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man October 25, 2013