{"id":495835,"date":"2026-06-16T16:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T16:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/495835\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T16:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T16:30:10","slug":"israel-strips-palestinians-of-municipal-powers-in-hebron-granted-under-oslo-era-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/495835\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel strips Palestinians of municipal powers in Hebron granted under Oslo-era deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p textalign=\"\" class=\"\">Israeli hardline Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has announced that Israel has revoked the Hebron municipality\u2019s civil planning and construction powers in areas covered by the 1997 Hebron Agreement, a move Palestinians say undermines existing accords and deepens Israeli control in the occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">Tuesday\u2019s announcement came during the inauguration of the illegal Israeli settlement of Doreen in the Mount Hebron area, according to Israeli media reports.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">The move essentially means Palestinians have also lost municipal authority over the Ibrahimi Mosque in the occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">The move to transfer management of the site to an Israeli committee controlled by the far-right minister, drew swift condemnation from the Palestinian Authority.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">Smotrich, who also serves as a minister within the Defence Ministry, said Israeli authorities had completed procedures to transfer planning authority from the Palestinian municipality to Israeli bodies.<\/p>\n<p><a data-link-preview=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/article\/c8b53f54ebce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"relative flex w-full px-4 py-3 flex-col items-start gap-6 rounded bg-[#F1F1F1] border-l-0 transition-all duration-200 ease-in-out box-border mb-4 hover:bg-[#F9F9F9] hover:shadow-[0_4px_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.1),0_-4px_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.06),4px_0_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.06)] focus:bg-[#F9F9F9] focus:shadow-[0_4px_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.1),0_-4px_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.06),4px_0_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.06)] before:content-[&quot;&quot;] before:absolute before:left-0 before:top-0 before:bottom-0 before:w-[3px] before:rounded-l-md before:bg-[#01ABD9]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"flex justify-center items-center rounded-md !w-20 !h-20 aspect-square flex-shrink-0 sm:rounded md:rounded-md lg:!w-[84px] lg:!h-[84px] lg:rounded xl:rounded-md\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9d08778486b2325e3f53ba32363c18534870df2b34ac3442ad643fb47dbef922.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Related<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">The decision affects powers retained by the municipality under the Hebron Agreement, signed as part of the Oslo process, which divided the city into the Palestinian-administered H1 sector and the Israeli-controlled H2 sector.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">Although Israel maintained security control over H2, the Palestinian municipality continued to exercise certain civil authorities, including planning, construction permits and infrastructure development.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">Palestinians warn of breach of agreements<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israeli hardline Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has announced that Israel has revoked the Hebron municipality\u2019s civil planning 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