Hebron is considered by the Jewish settlers as an ultimate place, a place where Jews return to in order to never leave. An ethnography taking place at the Cave of Machpela focuses on the intense feeling brought about by an encounter with Palestinians that can be construed as a struggle over the sacred place. For the settlers, their existence in the town represents the wider reality of Israeli society. Through bringing an alternative perspective, that of the soldiers guarding the settlers, the essay comments on the meaning of ultimate places in Israel today.