Israel seizes control of historic Ibrahimi Mosque in West Bank
Israel has stripped the Palestinian-run Hebron municipality of administrative powers over the Ibrahimi Mosque and transferred them to a Jewish settler religious council.
On Tuesday, Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom revealed that Israel transferred the management of the Ibrahimi Mosque from the Palestinian-run Hebron municipality to the Jewish religious council in the Kiryat Arba settlement.
The Ibrahimi Mosque has remained under Israeli occupation since 1994, when an Israeli settler massacred 29 Palestinian worshippers. Since then, Israel has divided the site, allocating 63% to Israeli settlers, and the remaining 37% to Muslims.
