HEBRON (Ma'an) -- A heated argument broke out between Hebron settlers and local Governor Kamil Hamid as the latter was escorting the visiting Spanish Foreign Minister through the occupied Old City. As Minister Trinidad Jimenez left the historic Ibrahimi Mosque, also known as the Cave of Patriarchs, right-wing settler leader and activist Itamar Ben-Gvir shouted at the woman, calling her an anti-Semite and "Israel hater," the Israeli daily news site Ynet quoted. In January, Ben-Givr initiated a swarming of a home the governor was visiting in the Tel Rumeida district of the city. A mob of settlers surrounded the home shouting "terrorist," preventing his delegation from leaving the area for more than three hours. Israeli police operating in the neighborhood reportedly interfered when a fight broke out between settlers and members of the governor's delegation, but the governor complained when the police failed to evacuate the settlers from outside the home.Angered at the failure of the police to remove the settlers, Governor Hamid said the officers "might as well go home and let the settlers take control," adding that the mob clearly already had the upper hand on the soldiers.
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