Forces are said to be on their way to carry out a violent eviction of Jewish residents in Judea and Samaria - the second such action today.
Urgent text messages, emails and phone calls have been sent over the past hour, asking people to come to Hevron to help thwart a possible planned eviction from Beit HaShalom (Peace House) in the City of the Patriarchs.
Hundreds of people are already there - and the word in and around the building is that the expulsion will take place sometime during the night. Reports of suspicious military and police activity in the area were noted throughout the day, and "a feeling of eviction is in the air," in the words of one Hevron spokesman.
The large, four-story building was purchased by Jews from its original Arab owner several years ago, and nearly 20 Jewish families have been living there for a year and a half. However, Arabs have protested the sale, and the Jewish presence in the building has been frozen. The occupants are not permitted to install electricity, for instance.
Last week, the case come to two dramatic heads. First, a court ruled that because of a doubt as to whether the owner retained certain rights, the Jewish families had until noon the next day to leave on their own. Hours afterwards, the Jewish families presented a tape recording of the seller telling his friend, under no duress at all, that he had sold the building to Jews.
The tape was submitted to the Supreme Court as absolute evidence that, it was felt, would turn the case upside down and prove that the building had been sold as claimed.
To the disappointment of the Jewish side, the Supreme Court has not yet ruled on the new evidence.
Elements in the Jewish Community of Hevron fear that the police, having been tipped off that the Court may hand down an anti-Jewish ruling at any moment, have begun preparing for a forcible eviction.
David Wilder, English spokesman for the Hevron Jewish Community, told IsraelNationalNews from the site, "The building is ours, and any attempt to throw us out is immoral and illegal. It is the result of the wild incitement against the Jews of Judea and Samaria, especially as heard in the government's Cabinet meeting of yesterday, and in the media as well. But we will continue to buy property here whenever we have the chance, and, to put it simply: We will not give up!"