Hebron

Last remaining survivor of 1929 Hebron massacre passes away at 100

Yitzhak Ben Hebron was about four years old at the outbreak of the riots that led to the massacre, and managed to escape the violence through the window of the Avraham Avinu Synagogue.

An officer of the Palestinian Police stands guard outside the Hebron Yeshiva (school for Talmudic study) in the aftermath of the Hebron massacre in Mandatory Palestine, 1929.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, November 3, 2025.

Jerusalem man arrested over alleged threat against Itamar Ben-Gvir

A Palestinian woman is seen voting in local elections, in Gaza, last month.

Palestinian municipal vote reveals shift toward pragmatism, accountability - opinion

Aerial photo of Tel Hebron's Second Temple period mikvah, April 30, 2026.

Project to make Tel Hebron’s Second Temple mikveh accessible to visitors nearly complete, INPA says


Two shooting attack attempts target security forces in West Bank amid rising tensions

In the two attempts nobody was wounded, however earlier, nine people were wounded near Ariel when an armed terrorist opened fire on a bus.

 Israeli soldiers guard while left wing activists and Palestinians protest calling to end the war in Gaza, Beit Jala, north of Bethlehem. on November 29, 2024.

Netanyahu condemns settler violence on IDF in West Bank

On Saturday, dozens of settlers, some of them masked, hurled stones at Israeli troops and border police near the West Bank settlement of Itamar.

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the plenum, during a discussion on the subject of hostages kidnapped during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack, in Israel's parliament, the Knesset, in Jerusalem, November 18, 2024.

Five right-wing settlers arrested after attempted attack on IDF Central Command chief in Hebron

Five settlers were arrested, and the IDF condemned the incident that saw the settlers block military activities and harass the Central Command chief.

 Jewish settlers seen while Palestinian farmers pick olives during the annual harvest season, in the village of Burqa, east of Ramallah, West Bank, October 20, 2024

Police indict three Palestinians for allegedly planning to assassinate Itamar Ben-Gvir

The main suspect contacted Hamas and Hezbollah for funding and support while gathering intelligence on the travel routes and security details of the minister and his son/

 Otzma Yehudit party head Itamar Ben Gvir holds a faction meeting in the Israeli parliament on November 18, 2024.

US should reverse policy on Israeli settlements in the West Bank - opinion

It has always baffled Israelis why Americans consider Israeli building an impediment to peace when Palestinian terrorism is an obviously larger obstacle to peace.

Israeli soldiers inspect the Shavei Shomron checkpoint, west of the West Bank city of Nablus, November 12, 2024

'Ghosts of a Holy War': How the Israel-Hamas War is rooted in the 1929 Hebron massacre - review

“The forces that drove Arabs in Hebron to slaughter their Jewish neighbors in 1929,” she writes, “were identical to the forces behind October 7.”

 GRAND MUFTI of Jerusalem and Supreme Islamic Council chairman Amin Al-Husseini teaches a Bosnian SS volunteer to use a rifle in 1943.

Terror suspect involved in Hebron-area car bombing arrested in Halhoul hospital

Yamam and Shin Bet fighters arrested a wanted man, a resident of Halhoul near Hebron, who was involved in a car bomb explosion about a month ago. The wanted man was injured during the explosion.

Forces at the scene of a gas station car bomb explosion in Gush Etzion.

IDF investigating if overnight attacks in Gush Etzion were carried out by foreign parties

Security forces are investigating the possibility of a third vehicle. 

Forces at the scene of a gas station car bomb explosion in Gush Etzion.

This week in Jewish history: Polio vaccine, Hebron massacre, Zionists

A highly abridged version of the daily Dust & Stars.

Synagogue desecrated in Hebron

US State Department imposes visa restriction on Elor Azaria for 'human rights violations'

The government organization also said that they plan to impose restrictions on more individuals whom they believe to have committed the same alleged crimes attributed to Azaria.

Elor Azaria sits to hear his verdict in a military court in Tel Aviv, Israel, January 4, 2017