"In an unprecedented move that could reshape the political landscape of Judea and Samaria, five prominent sheikhs from the biblical city of Hebron have formally requested to break away from the Palestinian Authority and negotiate a separate peace treaty with Israel.""The March 24 letter, addressed to Israeli Economy Minister Nir Barkat, proposes that Hebron secede from the Palestinian Authority, establish itself as an independent emirate, and join the Abraham Accords while recognizing Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people.""Under the plan outlined in the letter, the proposed “Emirate of Hebron” would “recognize the State of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people,” while Israel would “recognize the Emirate of Hebron as the Representative of the Arab residents in the Hebron District.”
"Since March, many other local leaders have joined the initiative, though many remain anonymous for safety reasons. According to documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, the first circle of participants includes eight major sheikhs leading an estimated 204,000 local residents, while a second circle contains 13 additional sheiks representing another 350,000 people."
“The people are with us,” one sheik told the Journal. “Nobody respects the PA, nobody wants them.” FULL STORY at above link.
'Post' meets with Hebron sheikh who wants to leave Palestinian Authority | The Jerusalem Post Assembling an 'Emirates of Hebron' "He would do so with the goal of eventually assembling six other Palestinian "emirates" (designed like the UAE) comprising the Bethlehem, Jericho, Nablus, Tulkarm, Jenin, Qalqilya, and finally Ramallah areas."FULL STORY at above link.
"A group of Palestinian sheikhs in the holy city of Hebron has written to the Israeli government formally asking to be given sovereignty over the area as an emirate, and not as part of a larger Palestinian state."
"The new emirate, they say, would join the Abraham Accords, the regional agreement establishing peace between Israel and participating Arab and Muslim states. Abraham himself is said by tradition to be buried in Hebron, in the Tomb of the Patriarch, holy to Muslims and Jews." FULL STORY at above link.