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Topic: Cave of the Patriarchs

May 13, 2013
6:55 pm

A Jewish family looks out over the Temple Mount, March 2013. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Palestinians rail against Temple Mount ‘Judaization’

Fatah and Hamas blast Israel for mulling Jewish prayer on the holy site in the name of freedom of worship

By Elhanan Miller

February 18, 2013
11:15 pm

Israeli Border Police on patrol in Hebron earlier this year (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Violence flares in West Bank ahead of Hebron mass-protest

Throngs of demonstrators gather in Ramallah to demand release of Palestinian hunger striker Samer Issawi, who’s said to be close to death

By Michal Shmulovich

January 15, 2013
12:40 am

An aerial view of Herodium, the site of King Herod's Palace and the king's burial tomb, near Bethlehem in the West Bank (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)

Israel to reconstruct King Herod’s tomb

Herodium, site of the biblical monarch’s monumental palace and tomb, will be rebuilt outside Bethlehem at a cost of $50,000

By Michal Shmulovich

December 14, 2012
1:41 pm

Palestinians clash with Israeli soldiers following the funeral of Mohammed Suleima, in the West Bank city of Hebron, Thursday, December 13 (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Thousands of Palestinians march on Hebron checkpoint

Protesters throw stones at Israeli targets at several West Bank hotspots; Hebron governor accuses Israel of trying to drag the Palestinians into a third intifada

By Yoel Goldman

December 13, 2012
11:03 pm

Palestinians clash with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank city of Hebron following the funeral of 17-year-old Mohammed Suleima on Thursday. (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

IDF soldiers shoot Palestinian in Hebron who reportedly attempted firebombing

Man in serious condition at local hospital, a day after Border Police shot and killed teen in city

By Ilan Ben Zion

December 13, 2012
2:45 pm

Israeli soldiers fire teargas canisters at Palestinian protesters in the West Bank city of Hebron on Thursday after the funeral of a teen who was shot dead by an Israeli soldier the night prior. (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

As tempers flare in the wake of youth’s killing, Palestinians clash with soldiers in Hebron

City’s governor says teenager was on the way to the market when he was shot by border police, Israeli lightly injured from rock throwing in Samaria

By Aaron Kalman

December 13, 2012
9:33 am

A Border Police officer who shot and killed a Palestinian youth in Hebron on Wednesday, December 12, 2012. A gun brandished by the youth was later found to have been a fake. (photo credit: Courtesy Israel Police)

Border police officer who shot Palestinian teenager is wanted on Facebook for ‘murder’

Officer recounts sequence of events that ended in the killing of a youth who held a counterfeit gun to a soldier’s head in Hebron

By Aaron Kalman

December 12, 2012
9:00 pm

The IDF position where the Palestinian was shot Wednesday night. (photo credit: Oren Nachshon/Flash90)

Palestinian youth in Hebron killed after aiming fake gun at Border Police officer

Riots break out across city after incident; shooting latest in uptick of violent events across West Bank

By Ilan Ben Zion

August 30, 2012
5:44 pm

Border Police on duty outside the Cave of the Patriarchs (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Palestinian woman with knife arrested in Hebron

Police say 24-year-old planned to attack Israelis in the Cave of the Patriarchs

By Philip Podolsky

July 16, 2012
12:57 pm

A panoramic view of the Gush Etzion region of the West Bank (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)

The newly confident Israeli proponents of a one-state solution

Demanding a Greater Israel used to be exclusively for the far right. Now even coalition chairman Ze’ev Elkin is insisting Israel annex the West Bank, ‘regardless of the world’s opposition’

By Raphael Ahren

July 2, 2012
4:17 pm

Border policeman caught on camera kicking 9-year-old Palestinian

B’Tselem clip appears to show two officers roughing up child in West Bank city of Hebron

By Ilan Ben Zion

June 4, 2012
9:05 pm

Border policeman lightly wounded in Hebron stabbing

Attacker shot near entrance to Tomb of the Patriarchs

April 11, 2012
6:10 pm

Jewish settler sits outside the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

Three arrested in Hebron protests

Foreign activists allegedly assaulted police officers at illegal protest

By Ilan Ben Zion

April 4, 2012
7:45 pm

The Temple Mount in Jerusalem (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Jordan’s Prince Hashem visits Temple Mount

Israeli security officials escort Hussien during surprise tour

By Aaron Kalman

February 26, 2012
11:17 pm

MK Hanin Zoabi addressing the Knesset in June 2010 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Police say yes to right-wing march against MK Zoabi

‘Expel Zoabi from the Knesset’ campaign behind the demonstration; police plan for extra reinforcements in Nazareth

By Michal Shmulovich

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The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Topic: Cave of the Patriarchs

Palestinians rail against Temple Mount ‘Judaization’

Fatah and Hamas blast Israel for mulling Jewish prayer on the holy site in the name of freedom of worship

Violence flares in West Bank ahead of Hebron mass-protest

Throngs of demonstrators gather in Ramallah to demand release of Palestinian hunger striker Samer Issawi, who’s said to be close to death

Israel to reconstruct King Herod’s tomb

Herodium, site of the biblical monarch’s monumental palace and tomb, will be rebuilt outside Bethlehem at a cost of $50,000

Thousands of Palestinians march on Hebron checkpoint

Protesters throw stones at Israeli targets at several West Bank hotspots; Hebron governor accuses Israel of trying to drag the Palestinians into a third intifada

IDF soldiers shoot Palestinian in Hebron who reportedly attempted firebombing

Man in serious condition at local hospital, a day after Border Police shot and killed teen in city

As tempers flare in the wake of youth’s killing, Palestinians clash with soldiers in Hebron

City’s governor says teenager was on the way to the market when he was shot by border police, Israeli lightly injured from rock throwing in Samaria

Border police officer who shot Palestinian teenager is wanted on Facebook for ‘murder’

Officer recounts sequence of events that ended in the killing of a youth who held a counterfeit gun to a soldier’s head in Hebron

Palestinian youth in Hebron killed after aiming fake gun at Border Police officer

Riots break out across city after incident; shooting latest in uptick of violent events across West Bank

Palestinian woman with knife arrested in Hebron

Police say 24-year-old planned to attack Israelis in the Cave of the Patriarchs

The newly confident Israeli proponents of a one-state solution

Demanding a Greater Israel used to be exclusively for the far right. Now even coalition chairman Ze’ev Elkin is insisting Israel annex the West Bank, ‘regardless of the world’s opposition’

Border policeman caught on camera kicking 9-year-old Palestinian

B’Tselem clip appears to show two officers roughing up child in West Bank city of Hebron

Border policeman lightly wounded in Hebron stabbing

Attacker shot near entrance to Tomb of the Patriarchs

Three arrested in Hebron protests

Foreign activists allegedly assaulted police officers at illegal protest

Jordan’s Prince Hashem visits Temple Mount

Israeli security officials escort Hussien during surprise tour

Police say yes to right-wing march against MK Zoabi

‘Expel Zoabi from the Knesset’ campaign behind the demonstration; police plan for extra reinforcements in Nazareth

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