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Since January 1997, the city of Hebron has been officially divided into two sectors: H1 '” the Palestinian sector - where 100,000 Palestinians live, and H2 - under Israeli sovereignty '” where 30,000 Palestinians and 700 settlers live. On the ground, this fragmentation translates into the creation of actual physical borders (with walls, checkpoints, etc.), even in the city centre. This article attempts to see how, in this city emblematic of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, this unique situation '” where two groups of opposing representations co-exist '” influences the way in which the actors practice the space.