Cave of the Patriarchs Massacre

Two settlers, one of them carrying a gun, stand near a mosque in the West Bank city of Hebron, April 1, 2001. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

What if Israel had decided to expel the settlers of Hebron?

After Baruch Goldstein massacred 29 Palestinians in the Cave of the Patriarchs, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin could have taken action against the settlers of Hebron. Instead he put the Palestinians of the city under closure. The consequences of that decision reverberate until today. By Amiram Goldblum Following the Cave of the Patriarchs Massacre on Feb. 25, 1994,…

By +972 Magazine November 13, 2019

Open Shuhada Street demonstration in Hebron, February 24, 2017. (Activestills.org)

Hundreds march in Hebron: ‘Open segregated Shuhada Street’

Israeli soldiers fire volleys of tear gas to break up the protest, prevent the march from reaching the street Israel has forbidden Palestinians but not Jews from walking or driving down. Around 400 people marched through the West Bank city of Hebron on Friday to mark 23 years since the Ibrahimi Mosque (Cave of the…

By Haggai Matar February 24, 2017

An Israeli border policeman uses pepper spray against a protester during a demonstration marking a decade of popular struggle against the wall in the West Bank village Bil'in, February 27, 2015. (photo: Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)

PHOTOS: Pepper spray and arrests as Bil’in marks decade of struggle

Text by Haggai Matar Photos by Yotam Ronen, Shiraz Grinbaum, Miki Kratsman / Activestills.org Nearly 1,000 protesters — Palestinians, Israelis and internationals — marched to celebrate 10 years of popular struggle in the West Bank village Bil’in. Soldiers responded with tear gas, pepper spray and arrests. One Palestinian was badly wounded. Meanwhile, activists marked 21…

By Haggai Matar February 28, 2015

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Israeli soldiers blindfold and arrest a young Palestinian man in Hebron. (photo: Activestills.org)

Prisoners in our own homes: A look at life in occupied Hebron

Twenty-one years have passed since Baruch Goldstein entered Hebron’s Cave of the Patriarchs and massacred dozens of Muslim worshippers. Since then, Palestinians in the city have been placed under a harsh regime of separation and movement restriction. Some of us can’t even leave our own homes. By Zleikha Muhtaseb Imagine that you are in your…

By +972 Magazine February 25, 2015

A Jewish group called "Temple Mount and Land of Israel faithful movement" walks through Jerusalem on 21.05.2009. They are followed by a truck which carried stones to be "the cornerstones of the Third temple.” (Photo by: Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

A rolling stone of holiness, rage and revenge

On Purim of 1994, Dr. Baruch Goldstein massacred 29 Muslim worshipers in the Cave of the Patriarchs – a tragedy that sparked a chain of events that has, more than any other act, shaped the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for the last 20 years. But we could point to a much earlier start of this story: an…

By Haokets April 18, 2014

File photo of Shuhada Street in Hebron (Photo by Dana Direktor/'The Hottest Place in Hell')

The day after the massacre, in Hebron’s Jewish settlement

Something saddened the Jewish settlers of Hebron following the Cave of the Patriarchs Massacre: the army canceled their Purim parade. By Yigal Mosko / ‘The Hottest Place in Hell’ Read this post in Hebrew here Much to my surprise there was no lock on the door. “Does this look safe?” Orna asked. The truth is…

By +972 Magazine February 25, 2014

An Israeli soldier escorts a group of settlers during a tour of Hebron’s old city, February 20, 2010. (Photo by Activestills.org)

In Hebron, terror begets a reign of terror

Who do you turn to for redress when your city is occupied by a military force that gives violent settlers almost complete impunity? The roots of segregation in Hebron and Baruch Goldstein’s massacre of 29 Palestinian worshipers. Read this post in Hebrew here. “How can you tell the difference between a Jew from Hebron and…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man February 25, 2014