1/ Tomorrow, Israeli settler leaders will hold a “prayer for Trump’s success” in the Cave of the Patriarchs in occupied Hebron.
They’ll be joined by Republican Party chairman in Israel, Marc Zell, himself a settler living in the occupied West Bank.
2/ Mass prayers like this normally entail tightening the already extremely limited freedom of movement of the Palestinian residents of Hebron, and an even heavier IDF presence. https://www.btselem.org/hebron/20181223_life_in_hebron_city_center
Palestinians describe life in center of Hebron under impossible terms imposed by military

Yesterday, I arrived at the Pharmacy checkpoint after work, at around 2:15 in the afternoon, and discovered it was closed... My 14-year-old daughter, Lama, was with me... There were other residents...

https://www.btselem.org/hebron/20181223_life_in_hebron_city_center
3/ It is also the same location of the 1994 massacre, when US-Israeli terrorist Baruch Goldstein slayed 29 Palestinians praying on Ramadan, including several children, and wounded 125. In ensuing protests, the IDF murdered 26 more, and injured hundreds. https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2014/2/24/remembering-the-ibrahimi-mosque-massacre/
Remembering the Ibrahimi Mosque massacre

In an event which cemented the city’s occupation, Baruch Goldstein gunned down Muslim worshippers 20 years ago today.

https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2014/2/24/remembering-the-ibrahimi-mosque-massacre/
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