Hebron’s Restless Palestinian Clans, and Israel’s Missed Opportunity
Did a new vision for Judea and Samaria come too late?
July 9, 2025
Hebron’s Restless Palestinian Clans, and Israel’s Missed Opportunity
Did a new vision for Judea and Samaria come too late?
Over the weekend, Elliot Kaufman of the Wall Street Journal reported about a formal letter, signed by five prominent sheikhs from the Judean city of Hebron and addressed to the Israeli economy minister Nir Barkat. The letter proposed that Hebron, one of the West Bank’s largest municipalities, “break out of the Palestinian Authority (PA), establish an emirate of its own, and join the Abraham Accords.” Kaufman spoke with some of the sheikhs, who emphasized their resentment at the PA’s corruption and fecklessness, and their desire for peace.
July 9, 2025
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