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The Hebron Protocol

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a cornerstone-laying ceremony for the new settlement of Doran in the Mount Hebron region of the West Bank, June 16, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 16, 2026, 4:55 pm
Smotrich says he’s ‘abolished Hebron agreement,’ given Israel more power in flashpoint city
Minister says he’s undoing accord with PA on zoning authority over Hebron Jewish settlement, Tomb of the Patriarchs, as part of effort to extend control throughout West Bank; US in response warns against annexation
By Jeremy Sharon and Jacob Magid
Two mobile structures established on a plot of land in the Tel Rumeida neighborhood of Hebron. (Courtesy, Peace Now)
August 18, 2025, 11:14 pm
Settlers establish new mobile homes in Palestinian neighborhood in Hebron
Civil Administration says caravans set up inside area under Israeli military control but without authorization; city’s Jewish community insists land is part of Jewish cemetery
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara outside the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the West Bank town of Hebron, on September 4, 2019. (EMIL SALMAN / Haaretz POOL / AFP)
September 4, 2019, 7:16 pm
In rare Hebron visit, Netanyahu says Jews will remain in divided city forever
Despite right-wing pressure, PM refrains from announcing additional settlement construction in West Bank city during ceremony marking 90th anniversary of massacre
By Jacob Magid
Saeb Erekat speaks to journalists in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on September 1, 2018. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)
January 29, 2019, 2:16 pm
After Israel suspends Hebron observers, Palestinians call for permanent UN force
PA official Saeb Erekat calls Netanyahu’s decision to not extend TIPH’s mandate ‘evidence that Israel is a rogue state’
By Michael Bachner
Illustrative: Observers of TIPH, an international monitor group, walk in a street of Hebron on November 19, 2007. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
January 28, 2019, 10:05 pm
Israel to boot international observers out of Hebron, Netanyahu says
Decision to not extend TIPH’s mandate — slated to expire at month’s end — comes after a number of clashes between members of the group and settlers; Palestinians slam move
By Jacob Magid
Palestinian Authority security forces touring Israeli-controlled Hebron in uniform on July 31, 2018 (Credit: Wafa)
August 1, 2018, 1:18 am
Armed, uniformed PA forces tour Israeli-controlled area of Hebron for first time
An Israeli security source says the event was ‘exceptional’ and there is no intention to change security policies in the West Bank city
By Adam Rasgon and Jacob Magid
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