Since 1997, Hebron has been split into two areas, H1 and H2. H1 remains under the control of the Palestinian authority, while H2 is controlled by the Israeli military. The split, legally called the Hebron protocol, came three years after an Israeli settler and American citizen named Baruch Goldstein killed 29 people praying at the Ibrahimi Mosque. Reasoning from Israeli and Palestinian government officials cite security concerns amid rising tensions at the time. Regardless of the reasoning at th