Shuhadaa street is the main thoroughfare to the Ibrahimi Mosque / Tomb of the Patriarchs in the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank. Once a bustling urban centre, where the police station and the bus terminal were located, it became a ghost town after the Ibrahimi Mosque massacre in 1994. After an Israeli settler killed 29 Muslim worshippers, the Israeli army closed the street to Palestinians, thus forcing residents to enter and exit their homes through back alleys, and shopkeepers to abandon their stores.
The street has been open to the movement of Israeli-Jews (and international tourists) only.
Since 2010, local activists have been leading annual demonstrations against the closure of Shuhadaa street and settlement expansion. Israeli army keeps trying to suppress these protests using tear gas, rubber bullets, “skunk” water and stun grenades.
Hebronites and allies march on Friday to mark the 25th anniversary of the Goldstein massacre. In the early hours of February 25, 1994, Baruch Goldstein, an Israeli-American settler, killed 29 Palestinians who were worshipping in the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, wounding 125 others. In the following years, Israel has intensified its presence in the city,…
Hundreds marched today for the annual “Open Shuhadaa Street” protest in the occupied city of Hebron. Shuhadaa street in the old city used to be a lively market place, but was abruptly shut down by the Israeli military following the Goldstein Massacre of 1994. Barukh Goldstein, a settler and military doctor, fired at Muslim worshipers…
The incident documented here is highly typical of the way the Israeli army treats journalists, especially Palestinian one: soldiers disrupt the journalists’ work in the field, as the latter attempt to document military violence. Then the local commander declares the area a “closed military zone” and arrests a Palestinian journalist for merely being there. This…
Palestinians marked the 22nd anniversary of the Ibrahimi Mosque massacre with a protest calling to end collective punishment and open Shuhadaa street. In the early morning hours of 25 February 1994, Barukh Goldstein, a settler from Kiryat Arba entered the Ibrahimi Mosque and fired his automatic weapon at Muslim worshipers, killing 29 of them, inuring…
The Hebron Defense committee organized a protest at the old city of Hebron, close to the market and Shuhadaa street, to mark the 22nd anniversary of the Ibrahimi Mosque massacre and call to end the Israeli settlement project in the city. In 1994, an Israeli settler by the name if Barukh Goldstein entered the Ibrahimi…
21 years ago, a settler by the name of Baruch Goldstein entered the Ibrahimi mosque at dawn and shot down 29 Muslim worshippers, injuring 125 more. In the chain of tragic events following the massacre, the Israeli army closed Shuhadaa street, formerly a lively commercial hub, to the movement of Palestinians, including those who actually…
Hundreds in Hebron marked today the 20th anniversary to the Baruch Goldstein massacre in the Ibrahimi mosque. At dawn of 25 February, 1994, Baruch Goldstein, a settler and a physician, opened fire on hundreds of Muslim worshippers at the mosque, killing 29 of them. Subsequently, the IDF closed Shuhada street, previously a lively commercial centre…
Hundreds in Hebron marked today the 18th anniversary to the Baruch Goldstein massacre in the Ibrahimi mosque. At dawn of 25 February, 1994, Baruch Goldstein, a settler and a physician, opened fire on hundreds of Muslim worshippers at the mosque, killing 29 of them. Subsequently, the IDF closed Shuhada street, previously a lively commercial centre…
