Cave of Patriarchs

Israel barred Islamic officials from entering Ibrahimi Mosque, Palestinians claim

Palestinian officials say two mosque figures were barred from the Ibrahimi Mosque for 15 days amid ongoing tensions in Hebron.

The Ibrahimi mosque or the Tomb of the Patriarchs, in the West Bank city of Hebron, July 3, 2024.
AN AERIAL view shows the Cave of the Patriarchs, a site sacred to Jews and Muslims, in the city of Hebron, November 2, 2020.

PA condemns ‘Judaization project’ after Israel takes over planning for Tomb of the Patriarchs

JEWS STAND at the Abraham’s tomb monument in the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron.

Israel strips planning powers for Tomb of Patriarchs from Hebron

MK Zvi Sukkot (RZP) visiting the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron.

MK Sukkot submits bill demanding Israel have governance of Cave of the Patriarchs, not Waqf


Palestinians, IDF clash in Hebron after Herzog's candle-lighting

Violence between Palestinians and IDF forces came after President Isaac Herzog lit the first Hanukkah candle at the Cave of the Patriarchs.

 PALESTINIANS CLASH with Israeli soldiers in Hebron earlier this month.

President Isaac Herzog's controversial candle lighting

Herzog may have thought that lighting the first Hanukka candle in the Cave of the Patriarchs where Abraham, Sarah, Isaac and Jacob are buried, would be a symbolic act of unity.

 Israeli President Isaac Herzog arrives outside Downing Street to meet Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in London, Britain, November 23, 2021.

Parashat Chayei Sarah: Learning how to converse

Every word and every sentence in the dialogues that appear in the parasha is there to teach us how to operate in a holy way.

View of the Cave of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron on December 2, 2020.

Hundreds of Israelis go to Cave of the Patriarchs with WZO for Slichot

Many also went to the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City for Slichot, abiding by government COVID-19 restrictions.

 Hundreds of Israeli Jews are seen at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron with WZO for Slichot, on August 26, 2021.

Palestinian Islamic council: Israel undermining foundations of al-Aqsa Mosque

The Palestinian Supreme Fatwa Council renewed a ban on selling properties to Jews and issued a series of statements decrying the "Judaization" of Palestinian and Islamic sites.

 The Al-Qibli Chapel, Part of Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the Old City of Jerusalem

IDF estimates Tomb of the Patriarchs elevator within six months

The project has been controversial both from an archaeology perspective and because of its intersection with the dynamics of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

View of the Cave of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron on December 2, 2020.

Hebron's Tomb of Patriarchs elevator project to receive NIS 1.5 million

MK Moshe Gafni: "It is enormously important to allow public sites to be accessible to the disabled, even more so for a sacred place like the Tomb of the Patriarchs."

View of the Cave of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron on December 2, 2020.

PA: Hanukkiah at Cave of Patriarchs constitutes a 'war crime'

A PA official has called on Palestinians to travel to the site to protect its Islamic identity.

View of the Cave of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron on December 2, 2020.

Tomb of the Patriarchs to be closed until end of Sukkot

Prayer services will continue at the seventh step area for those who live within one kilometer of the site.

The Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron

Palestinian leaders: Disabled access to Tomb of Patriarchs is 'war crime'

Israel plans to install an elevator at the site will allow easier access for Jewish and Muslim disabled visitors alike.

Jews at the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron over the Passover holiday