The Oslo Accord of September 1993 came close to collapse because of the attacks on Israelis by Hamas during 1994. The killing of twenty-nine worshippers in the al-Ibrahimi mosque within the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron caused a profound reaction within the Arab and Muslim worlds. Its perpetrator, Baruch (Benjamin) Goldstein, originally from Brooklyn’s Bensenhurst neighbourhood, was associated with Meir Kahane’s Kach. His action was widely condemned by Israeli Jews including both the Ashkenazi and Sephardi Chief Rabbis. There were demonstrations in Arab population centres in Israel such as Jaffa and Nazareth. There were also disturbances in East Jerusalem and on the Temple Mount. Syria, Lebanon and Jordan suspended the bilateral negotiations in Washington.