Hebron: Where else in the world an ancient burial cave used for a blood-borne controversy?
Because of the corona panic, I managed to enter the Muslim side of the entrance to the Cave of the Patriarchs…
In February 1994, Baruch Goldstein from the Jewish settlement in Hebron, murdered 29 Muslims praying in the Cave of the Patriarchs. That same week, a committee headed by Judge Shamgar, who was then president of the Supreme Court, examined the events in Hebron until then and one of the conclusions of the Shamgar committee was to separate the cave compound in two, Jews separately and Muslims separately, and the gates between the parts is locked.
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According to Wye Plantation Accords (1997), Hebron is divided in two: H1 is under Palestinian Authority control, H2 is under Israeli control. In Hebron there are 170,000 Palestinian citizens, 60,000 of them in H2. Between the two areas are permanent checkpoints, manned at all hours, preventing Palestinian movement between them and controlling passage of permit holders such as teachers and schoolchildren. Some 800 Jews live in Avraham Avinu Quarter and Tel Rumeida, on Givat HaAvot and in the wholesale market.
Checkpoints observed in H2:
- Bet Hameriva CP- manned with a pillbox
- Kapisha quarter CP (the northern side of Zion axis) - manned with a pillbox
- The 160 turn CP (the southern side of Zion axis) - manned with a pillbox
- Avraham Avinu quarter - watch station
- The pharmacy CP - checking inside a caravan with a magnometer
- Tarpat (1929) CP - checking inside a caravan with a magnometer
- Tel Rumeida CP - guarding station
- Beit Hadassah CP - guarding station
Three checkpoints around the Tomb of the Patriarchs
Raya YeorDec-18-2025Hebron - Yusri Jaber and part of his family
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