"It is emphasized that roofing the compound will not affect the prayer arrangements or the status quo at the Tomb of the Patriarchs," the Israeli Defense Ministry's COGAT unit told ...

Civil Administration says move temporary, authority will be returned to Palestinian Hebron municipality when work is finished ...

The commander of the Yehuda Brigade, Lieutenant Colonel Yishai Rosilio, received a command censure after he, on his own initiative, authorized Hebron Jews to carry out the roofing work at the Cave ...

Several dozen settlers moved into a home located near the Cave of the Patriarchs that they say they purchased. The settlers moved into the house after midnight Wednesday night. They say they have ...

Israel claims it has taken control of the Ibrahimi Mosque "temporarily", but a settler council member says they will run the site permanently.

Palestinians have warned of a "dangerous" Israeli move reportedly aimed at transferring control of Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque to settlers in the occupied West Bank. According to a report by Israel Hayom ...

Describing the move as a “historic and unprecedented change,” the newspaper said Israel's Civil Administration had reassigned ...

My memory is vivid of my first visit to Hebron, at age 13 in 1967. The West Bank was newly under Israeli sovereignty. I was thrilled to be in the Cave of Machpelah, where Abraham had buried Sarah, ...