After a long and protracted court battle and six years of planning, construction began on Wednesday on an elevator intended to ease disabled access to the Machpelah Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron. Palestinian groups had been trying to prevent the construction in court. 

The development was covered in Palestinian media which reported the response:

“Head of Hebron Municipality, Tayseer Abu Sneeneh, called on the international community to immediately move to stop the Israeli aggression along with many other violations committed by the occupation forces and settlers…Jews believe the site to be the burial place of the biblical patriarch Joseph. Muslims, however, challenge this claim, saying a Muslim Imam – Sheikh Yussef Dawiqat – was buried at the site two centuries ago.”

It should be noted that before being elected mayor, Abu Sneineh was convicted of murdering of six Israelis in a 1980 terror attack in Hebron.

Source: Israel365