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Rachel's Tomb

An Israeli family is seen at the outpost of Yahish Zion, near the settlement of Psagot, in the West Bank, on February 4, 2026. (Dor Pazuelo/Flash90)
February 8, 2026, 8:35 pm
Security cabinet okays deepened Israeli control of West Bank; Hamas urges ‘escalation’
Katz and Smotrich announce moves to expand Israeli oversight of areas A and B, let Israelis buy land in West Bank, and boost Israeli authority over Tomb of the Patriarchs compound
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
Rabbi Daniel De'ei, who organizes and financially supports round-the-clock Torah studies at Rachel's Tomb, Bethlehem, November 11, 2024. (Mati Wagner/Times of Israel)
November 12, 2024, 4:22 pm
Haredim flock to Rachel’s Tomb to pray for the IDF – and for God not to make them enlist
On the anniversary of the matriarch’s death, Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community sees no contradiction in asking her to protect the soldiers while protecting Haredim from serving
By Mati Wagner
Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem (Courtesy)
January 11, 2021, 1:54 pm
Border guards arrest Palestinian teen who threw firebomb at Rachel’s Tomb
Suspect nabbed after a foot chase in the al-Ayda refugee camp, near Bethlehem holy site; incident comes amid uptick in violence in the West Bank
By Judah Ari Gross
Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem (Courtesy)
August 17, 2020, 12:55 am
IDF shoots, wounds Palestinian throwing fire bomb at Rachel’s Tomb
Military says it hit the attacker in incident at Bethlehem shrine; Palestinian sources say 18-year-old shot in leg, in stable condition
By Aaron Boxerman
Illustrative: Members of Israeli security forces arrest a Palestinian suspected of hurling a pipe bomb at Rachel's Tomb, in the al-Ayda refugee camp in the West Bank, on October 4, 2018. (Israel Police)
October 4, 2018, 9:46 am
IDF arrests two in pipe bomb attack on Jewish shrine in West Bank
In separate incident, firebomb thrown at soldiers causes no injuries; soldiers arrest 13 terror suspects overnight
By Michael Bachner
The Western Wall and the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem's Old City, with Mughrabi Ascent bridge in foreground (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
May 29, 2018, 6:24 pm
In Venice, Israel exhibits 1,600 years of architects’ fixes for religious rifts
Through November, the Biennale’s Israel Pavilion highlights seemingly permanent struggles at religious sites and their transient stopgap solutions
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Sharona Margolin Halickman
October 29, 2017, 2:10 pm
Sharona Margolin Halickman
Where did all the women go?
Publishing images of women in a brochure on the importance of Rachel’s Tomb should be a no-brainer
An aerial view of Jerusalem. (Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)
May 2, 2017, 5:11 pm
On Independence Day, UNESCO okays resolution denying Israeli claims to Jerusalem
22 countries vote in favor of motion; 23 abstain, and 10 countries vote against; Israel envoy slams ‘new low, even by UNESCO standards’
By Raphael Ahren and Alexander Fulbright
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara at a ceremony for outstanding soldiers at the President's Residence in Jerusalem. May 2, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
May 2, 2017, 3:24 pm
Ahead of UNESCO vote, Netanyahu says Jews closest to Jerusalem
PM accuses UN body of denying ‘historical truth,’ rebuffing measure that indicates no Israeli claims to city
By Raphael Ahren and Alexander Fulbright
The Cave of the Patriarchs in the divided West Bank city of Hebron. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
April 24, 2017, 10:22 pm
Trump said bidding to defeat new anti-Israel UNESCO resolution
Administration reportedly orders its envoys worldwide to try to persuade UN body’s member-states to oppose Israel-bashing motion next week
By ToI Staff
IDF soldiers take down a memorial to a Palestinian killed while attacking a border guard in Hebron, on April 10, 2017. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
April 10, 2017, 10:16 am
IDF takes down memorial to Palestinian assailant in Hebron
Army also confiscates machinery from workshop believed to have been used for making firearms
By Judah Ari Gross
A man walks past the security barrier near Rachel's Tomb, on the outskirts of Bethlehem (photo credit: Serge Attal/Flash90/File)
February 7, 2017, 10:20 am
None hurt as bomb thrown at Rachel’s Tomb in Bethlehem
No damage reported after homemade device explodes at holy site south of Jerusalem
By ToI Staff
A still image taken from an April 15, 2016 Channel 2 report on the Qalandiya checkpoint, which highlighted the difficulties Palestinian workers face crossing into Israel from the West Bank. (screen capture: Channel 2)
November 15, 2016, 9:26 pm
IDF to invest NIS 50 million in improving key West Bank checkpoints
Move to upgrade two crossings north and south of Jerusalem aims to ease conditions, boost security, efficiency
By Sue Surkes
Ultra Orthodox Jews seen praying in the compound of Joseph's Tomb in the West Bank city of Nablus, November 16, 2009. (Yaakov naumi / Flash90)
November 13, 2016, 10:20 am
Palestinian police remove Jewish pilgrims from Joseph’s Tomb
Six Hasidim make unauthorized visit to volatile shrine in the West Bank city of Nablus
By Judah Ari Gross
An ultra-Orthodox man within the heavily fortified space of Rachel's Tomb (Sege Attal/Flash 90)
November 8, 2016, 11:39 pm
Israeli treated for anxiety after rock thrown at Rachel’s Tomb
Police launch search of area after incident near Bethlehem; windscreen of parked car also damaged
By ToI Staff
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