Israeli terrorist group reopened the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron to Muslim worshippers on Sunday morning after closing for two days for Jewish holidays. This was the tenth closure of the mosque this year.
Closures of the mosque to Muslims began upon recommendations of the Shamgar Commission of Inquiry into the 1994 Hebron massacre, in which Baruch Goldstein, an ultra-Orthodox Israeli-American entered the mosque during dawn prayer and opened fire at the worshippers killing 29 and injured dozens.
The same committee recommended that Palestinians in Hebron be banned from using some major streets in the old city. Dozens of shops were also closed to Palestinians for the stated purpose of providing protection for Israeli settlers who occupy Palestinian houses in Hebron’s old city.
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