Powerful West Bank clans plan to seize power to broker Israel peace | World | News
A group of powerful clan leaders from the West Bank city of Hebron, recognizing Israel as a Jewish state and proposed a striking call for peace by proposing an autonomous Arab emirate to participate in Ibrahim agreements.
Sheikh Wadee ‘Al-Jaabari, also known as Abu Sanad, said, uz We want cooperation with Israel. We want to live together ”, Wall Street Journal From the ceremony tent in Hebron in the south of Jerusalem. The influential figure and the four other sheikhs signed a letter promising the peace and recognition of Israel and asked Hebron to break from the Palestinian authority and to form his self -governing emirate.
Offers for netanyahu
Israeli Economy Minister Nir Barkat’a unprecedented letter, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to offer an offer. The Sheikh wrote, “The Hebron Emirate will recognize the Israeli state as the nation -state of the Jewish people,” the Sheikh wrote. “And the Israeli State will recognize the Hebron Emirate as the representative of the Arab inhabitants in the Hebron region.”
This statement goes further than the Palestinian authority does not dare to give up for decades of rejection. The sheikhs demand a time schedule to start negotiations about changing the Oslo agreements they condemned for participating in Ibrahim agreements and “damage, death, economic disaster and destruction”.
They argue that the Oslo process implements the corrupt Palestinian authority rather than recognizing traditional, authentic local leadership – a reference to the clans that still provides deep loyalty in the Palestinian society.
New thinking is necessary
Mr. Barkat, who hosted the sheikhs at home and met with them a few times since February, said that the old peace frame failed. “New thought is needed,” he said. A high -level source of Israel confirmed the cautious support of Mr. Netanyahu, but awaiting further development.
“Sheikh Jaabari wants peace with Israel and Ibrahim wants to participate in their agreements with the support of the sheikhs, B Barkat said. “Who will say no in Israel?”
Sheikh Jaabari, 48, insists on the maturation of the moment for change. “There will be no Palestinian state – not even in 1000 years,” he said. “After October 7, Israel will not give this.” Another senior Hebron Sheikh also accepted a signature: “Just thinking about making the Palestinian state will bring us all into a disaster.”
A Hebrew Document lists two support: one of the eight key sheikhs representing 204,000 people and 350,000 more leaders. According to Israeli Sheikh Jaabari’s partner, this majority represents more than half of the population of the Hebron region.
Deep rooted clans
These clans, which are in depth on the Palestinian society, are said to contain many people who are currently working in the local ranks of PA. The sheikhs believe that family loyalty will prevail.
Orum I’m planning to cut PA, sheik Sheikh Jaabari explained. “It does not represent the Palestinians.” He claims that clans ruled for centuries before Plo’s implementation of Plo through 1993 Oslo agreements. “He brought the PLO and told the Palestinians: Take this.”
Expanding model
Dr Mordechai Kedar, an Israeli academician and commentator, called Hebron as “more traditional, much more conservative ve from cities like Ramallah, and claimed that it could be a test case. He believes that this model can expand to cities like Bethlehem.
“Organizations such as FKÖ and Hamas are trying to build their legitimacy on Jewish hatred and the hatred of Israel, Ked said Kedar. “But the clans are legitimate by definition.”
“Sheikh Jaabari wants peace and the sheikhs have the same agreement, B Barkat added. “No one in Israel believes in PA and you will not find many Palestinians who do you.”
“Sheikh Jaabari, Ramallah -based Palestinian authority cannot protect us, protect itself,” he says.
A senior Sheikh had an ambitious last word: “For this project, if we will take the blessing of the honorable president Trump and the United States, it could be like the Gulf like Hebron Dubai.”
Habit on the mind?
Since more tribal leaders are gathered behind the initiative, the acceleration behind the proposed Hebron Emirate accelerates. Since March, many more Sheikhs have been reported to have joined the movement, now with the confidence that they have suffered superiority over Palestinian authority.
“People with us,” sheik said. “Nobody respects PA, nobody wants them.” The sheikhs believe that the only reason PA still survived is due to protection from Israel. “The only reason to wait for Israel is the sheikh, the sheikh continued,” It is the protection of PA. “
However, this protection can soon create the biggest obstacle.
If the illegal armed loyalty of the sheikhs cross the streets to challenge PA, will the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) or Shin Bet act to stop them to stop them? This warned Israeli Economy Minister Nir Barkat that he would represent the victory of the habit against minds ”.
Barkat, “30 years ago since Oslo’dan Israeli security services have been instructed to work with PA,” he said. “This is the only thing they know.”
As the confidence of the clans increases and the alliances solidified, the future of the West Bank’s governance reacts to Israel – not just politically, not on the ground.
