Temporary International Presence in Hebron

TIPH is the abbreviation for " Temporary International Presence in the City of Hebron " ( Temporary International Presence in the City of Hebron ), and was after the murder of 29 Palestinian inhabitants of the city of Hebron by Jewish settler Baruch Goldstein on 25 February 1994 by the UN Resolution 904 established. The TIPH Observer Force should promote stability in the city and ensure the restoration of normal life. This presence continues to this day.

Representatives of the PLO and Israel concluded on 31 March 1994 an agreement with Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, Turkey, Denmark and Norway, which states to provide support staff and observers for a temporary presence in the city. On 8 May 1994, the first observers of TIPH were erected.

During the Second Intifada, a Swiss and a Turk, who belonged to the TIPH died. Two Norwegian observers also fell in 2002 to a Palestinian attack victims. The attackers thought that it was Israeli settlers in the unarmed victims.

In February 2006, the observers of TIPH temporarily fled from Hebron after it had come in the wake of the cartoon controversy to violent attacks by the Palestinians against facilities TIPH in Hebron.

The mission is carried out by observers from Denmark, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey. Is coordinated mission by the Norwegians.