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Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Car of Hebron sheikh who proposes leaving PA for peace deal with Israel said torched overnight
Nurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent
Palestinian media outlets reports that unknown individuals set fire overnight to the vehicle of Wadi’ al-Ja’abari, a Hebron resident who heads an initiative that seeks to sever ties between Palestinians in Hebron and the central Palestinian Authority, and to bring the city into the Abraham Accords as a local emirate.
No injuries were reported.
According to the reports, the incident took place in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya.
Al-Ja’abari was the only one of five Hebron sheikhs whose name was cited in a Wall Street Journal article earlier this week about Palestinian figures reaching out to Israel regarding a split from the PA.
مصادر محلية: شبان يحرقون مركبة "وديع الجعبري" في بلدة العيساوية بالقدس، والذي أعلن الاحتلال أنه تواصل معه لتأسيس ما يسمى "إمارة الخليل" pic.twitter.com/uqrsZBrCPt
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