Overview

• Israeli forces raided the Hebron home of Mayor Tayseer Abu Sneineh on Tuesday and detained him, the Hebron Municipal Council said.
• The council reported extensive vandalism to the property and condemned the detention as an assault on local elected institutions.
• Israeli media reported Benjamin Netanyahu is considering an independent “tribal emirate” in Hebron that would remove it from Palestinian Authority control, a claim not officially confirmed.
• An activist said the arrest fits a broader campaign that has included school raids, confiscation of geography textbooks, bans on the Palestinian flag, and the breakup of a protest demanding the return of bodies.
• Hebron remains divided into H1 and H2 under the 1997 Hebron Protocol, with critics saying settler and military presence restricts movement and harms the local economy.