Members of TIPH, or Temporary International Presence speak with Israeli soldier outside the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron on August 8, 2018. Credit: by Gershon Elinson/Flash90
Advocates praised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s move to end the mandate of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron, or TIPH, which they contend stoked hostilities and friction between Jewish and Arab residents.