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Smotrich claims historic Hebron shift as Israel advances new building plans

by | Jun 17, 2026 | JPost | 0 comments

AN AERIAL view shows the Cave of the Patriarchs, a site sacred to Jews and Muslims, in the city of Hebron, November 2, 2020. (photo credit: REUTERS/ILAN ROSENBERG)
This is the first approval of its kind since the signing of the Hebron Agreement in 1997, under which restrictions related to the Jewish community were subject to approval by the Hebron municipality.