Current sectionIsrael NewsUnder the agreement, 80 percent of the city is under Palestinian control, and 20 percent – home to a small community of 800 Jewish settlers, alongside some 40,000 Palestinians – under Israeli rule. Planning and building powers in Hebron were transferred from the Palestinian municipality to IsraelShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribe08:02 PM • June 16 2026 IDTFinance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said Monday that he had "canceled" the 1997 Hebron Accords signed by Israel and the Palestinian Authority, a claim rejected by the Foreign Ministry. The ministry did confirm, however, his statement that Israel had taken control of administrative powers from the Hebron municipality, including authority over the city's holy sites.In the NewsHow pro-Palestinian Groups Are Using AIPAC's Playbook in New York and BeyondForeign Ministry Rejects Smotrich's Claim He Axed 1997 Hebron Accord With PAIsrael Armed Settlers With Thousands of Guns. Now It Can't Control ThemBen and Jerry's Israel Has a New Zionist Ice Cream Flavor: Milk and HoneyArab Parties Are Talking Unity. Their Voters Have Much Bigger IssuesRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIHumiliated by Trump on the Iran Front, Netanyahu May Set the Middle East AblazeTrump Just Dropped a Megaton Bomb on Netanyahu's Re-election Campaign'Once-in-a-lifetime Discovery': 1,700-year-old Roman Busts Found in IsraelWhy Does the Jewish State Keep Deporting Diaspora Jews?The Fake Gaza Charity Linked to the Anti-left Disinformation Campaign in FranceTrump and Netanyahu Hurtling Toward a Rupture That Could Shock U.S.-Israel Ties