Ibrahimi Mosque Massacre

Hundreds of Palestinian, Israeli and international protesters march in Hebron to demand the end of settlements and segregation in the city, February 22, 2019. (Photo by Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Hundreds protest segregation in Hebron’s Shuhada Street

While Palestinians continue paying the price for the Ibrahimi Mosque massacre, carried out by a Jewish settler 25 years ago, those who share the attacker’s racist ideology are now being offered ministerial positions in Israel’s Knesset. By +972 Magazine Staff Hundreds of Palestinian, Israeli and international demonstrators marched in the West Bank city of Hebron on Friday…

By +972 Magazine February 22, 2019

Israeli Settler Ofer Ohana argues with Palestinian activists in the West Bank city of Hebron, February 10, 2019. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

The Palestinian activists protecting Hebron from settler violence

After Israel boots the only internationally mandated human rights observer group in Hebron, Palestinian volunteers step up to monitor settler attacks amid a sense of heightened hostility. By Steven Davidson About a dozen Palestinian volunteers in blue vests identifying themselves as “human rights observers” made their way toward the Israeli army’s Checkpoint 56 on Shuhada…

By +972 Magazine February 18, 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

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Left-wing activists during a protest in central Tel Aviv against the Israeli attack on Gaza, July 12, 2014. The protest ended with right-wing nationalists attacking a small group of left-wing activists with little police interference. (Photo by Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Israel’s national theater must resist normalizing occupation

By agreeing to perform in the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba, Habima is forgoing its values of Cultural Zionism while adopting the dangerous mindset of Miri Regev and Benjamin Netanyahu. By Misha Shulman Earlier this year Israeli Minister of Culture Miri Regev announced a new policy for the funding of the arts: artistic organizations…

By +972 Magazine October 28, 2016

Incoming Peace Now director general Avi Buskila. (Courtesy photo)

How the director of Peace Now saved Bibi and the peace process

Avi Buskila, the new director general of Peace Now, may come as an outsider to the world of peace organizations but there’s one unique item on his resume nobody else can lay claim to. Twenty years ago I was a deputy company commander in the West Bank city of Hebron. The first Netanyahu government was about…

By Noam Sheizaf April 5, 2016

Israeli soldiers arrest activist Kobi Snitz during a protest in Hebron marking 22 years since the Ibrahimi Mosque Massacre, February 20, 2016. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

WATCH: Palestinians, Israelis protest settler privileges in Hebron

Days after an Israeli settler murdered 29 Muslim worshippers in 1992, the Israeli army put the city of Hebron on lockdown, closing off some of its main thoroughfare — Shuhada Street — to Palestinian traffic. Twenty-two years later, some parts of Hebron are still off limits to its Palestinian residents. Every year, Palestinian and Israeli…

By Social TV March 4, 2016

Israeli soldiers arrest a Palestinian photographer during a demonstration in the West Bank city of Hebron, February 26, 2016. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

PHOTOS: Soldiers arrest Palestinian photojournalist at Hebron demo

Israeli security forces arrest two Palestinians during demonstration marking 22 years since the Ibrahimi Mosque Massacre, and calling to open Hebron’s main thoroughfares to Palestinian traffic. Photos by Oren Ziv, Ahmad al-Bazz/Activestills.org, text by Oren Ziv Israeli soldiers and Border Policemen arrested two Palestinians, including one photojournalist, at a protest in the West Bank city…

By Activestills February 26, 2016

Israeli soldiers arrest Professor Gadi Algazi at a demonstration in Hebron calling on the army to ''open the Hebron Ghetto,' Hebron, West Bank, February 20, 2016. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

PHOTOS: Israeli police arrest 12 left-wing activists at Hebron demo

Two independent journalists were among the Israeli demonstrators arrested in Hebron, during a protest to mark 22 years since the Ibrahimi Mosque Massacre. Photos by Oren Ziv, text by Yael Marom Police arrested 12 Israeli activists on Saturday afternoon during a protest in Hebron marking 22 years since the Ibrahimi Mosque Massacre. According to the…

By Activestills February 20, 2016

The children of Hashem Al Azzeh look through a window in their house near the Israeli settlement of Tel Rumeida in the West Bank city of Hebron. Their home has been attacked by Israeli settlers on numerous occasions. (Activestills)

Hebron’s Palestinians need hope, not military rule

Nearly 50 years after the occupation of Hebron, Israel still hasn’t figured out how to stop Palestinian violence. If you have been attuned to the internal Israeli conversation over the past few days, you’ll have noticed that the drums of war are beating once again. In a piece published Friday, Haaretz’s military and defense expert…

By Edo Konrad November 27, 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

Shuttered shops on Hebron's Shuhada Street. (Photo by Keren Manor/Activestills.org)

A city of devastation: Hebron 20 years after the massacre

Streets for Jews only, shuttered stores, spitting, throwing stones and daily harassment by soldiers and settlers alike. Since terrorist Baruch Goldstein committed a massacre at the Cave of the Patriarchs 20 years ago today, the situation of Palestinians in Hebron has only deteriorated. By Einat Fishbain / ‘The Hottest Place in Hell’ Read this post…

By +972 Magazine February 25, 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