Cave of Patriarchs

Ben-Gvir visits Hebron amid increased security deployment at holy site

Israel Police commented that approximately 25,000 people had visited the Tomb of the Patriarchs in a single day. 

 Israel Police, Border Police, and IDF reinforce security in Hebron amid Passover pilgrimages to the Tomb of the Patriarchs, April 2025.
 ‘THE CAVE of Machpelah’ by Yoram Raanan.

Parashat Chayei Sarah: The Cave of Machpelah

 A UNESCO sign is seen at the UNESCO headquarters, on the day of the opening of the second session of negotiations around a future treaty on tackling plastic pollution, in Paris, France, May 29, 2023.

US to rejoin UNESCO five years after quitting over Palestinian statehood

 Israeli soldiers stand guard during a Palestinian protest near the Jewish settlement of Elon Moreh,east of Nablus, in the West Bank, November 25, 2022

IDF kills two terrorists who shot at settlement as West Bank violence rages on


Jewish Israeli arrested for assaulting female IDF soldier in Hebron

The soldier was attacked during clashes that developed between Jews and Palestinians in Hebron during a coordinated entry of worshipers to the tomb of Otniel Ben Knaz.

 Israeli settlers gather during a scuffle with Palestinians in the West Bank city of Hebron, November 19, 2022.

Female IDF soldier attacked by Jewish rioter in Hebron clashes

Hundreds of Jews reportedly began to march through Palestinian areas of Hebron flying Israeli flags.

 Jews tour in the West Bank city of Hebron, after earlier clashes broke out between Jews and Palestinians, November 19, 2022.

Mufti slams Pence for ‘storming’ Tomb of the Patriarchs

Former US Vice President Mike Pence took a tour of Hebron, where he visited the Tomb of the Patriarchs.

US former Vice President Mike Pence sits for an onstage interview after his remarks on abortion, ahead of Supreme Court arguments in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization case involving a Mississippi abortion law, at the National Press Club in Washington, US, November 30, 2021.

Israel won't battle Biden over US return to UNESCO

Israel has no plans to oppose the US' return to UNESCO and doesn't plan to renew its own UNESCO membership.

A general view of the UNESCO headquarters in Paris

Israel's ties to Hebron undeniable, Herzog says at Cave of Patriarchs

Palestinians and Israeli left-wing politicians and activists protested the president's decision to visit the city.

President Isaac Herzog President Isaac Herzog lights a menorah on the first night of Hanukkah at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, November 28, 2021.

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.