A New Palestinian Offer for Peace With Israel
'We want cooperation with Israel,' says Sheikh Wadee' al-Jaabari, also known as Abu Sanad, from his ceremonial tent in Hebron, the West Bank's largest city located south of Jerusalem. 'We want coexistence.' The leader of Hebron's most influential clan has said such things before, as did his father. But this time is different. Sheikh Jaabari and four other leading Hebron sheikhs have signed a letter pledging peace and full recognition of Israel as a Jewish state. Their plan is for Hebron to break out of the Palestinian Authority, establish an emirate of its own, and join the Abraham Accords.
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