Beit HaMachpelah

Govt. Clarifies: No Order to Resettle Hevron Home

State clarifies that Netanyahu’s call to resettle Jewish building was not an order, and that government will wait for court verdict.

Deputy Minister Kara says there is a serious threat to the life of the Arab who arranged the sale of the Beit Hamachpela to Jews.

Israeli lawmakers are calling on the government to rescue from PA execution the broker who sold a building to Jews in Hevron.

Security forces have arrived at Hevron's Beit HaMachpelah (House of the Patriarchs) to forcibly expel residents.

Minister Yuli Edelstein: The sale of Beit HaMachpelah in Hevron which Jews had purchased from an Arab owner was undoubtedly valid.

MK Uri Ariel has called on the government to rescue the former Arab owner who sold a property to Jews near the Cave of the Patriarchs.

The Chief Rabbi of Kiryat Arba-Hevron visited a new Jewish home next to the Cave of the Patriarchs Thursday, saying the purchase was legal.