Editing Hebron (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Palestinian keffiyeh loom.jpg|thumb|A loom at work making keffiyeh at the Hirbawi factory in Hebron.]]
[[File:Hebron216.JPG|left|thumb|Industrial area of Hebron]]
Hebron is a leading commercial and industrial center in the Levantine region.<ref name=":4" /> The presence of [[Energy in Palestine|minerals and resources]] in surroundings have increased the city's value.<ref name=":4" /> It emerged as in important trade hub in the West Bank.<ref name=":4" /> Hebron is most productive region in the country after [[Jerusalem]]–[[Bethlehem]]–[[Ramallah]] area. The H1 Area, which is under control of [[Palestinian Authority]] have been a large contributor to the city's economy.<ref name=":4" /> Despite having tense relations, Israelis and Palestinians have strong trade relations in Hebron.<ref name=":4" /> The city is popular for its ceramics and glass industry.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ceramics from Hebron |url=https://palestinecenterforpeace.com.au/pages/ceramics-from-hebron |access-date=June 23, 2024 |publisher=Palestine Center for Peace}}</ref>

It is the source of 60% of stone and marble resources in the West Bank.<ref name=":4" /> 33% of the Palestine's [[GNP]] is from Hebron, including 60% of the jewelry industry and jewelry production, 28% of the output in the agricultural sector and 75% of the leather and shoe industry.<ref name=":4" /> Most agricultural products from Palestinian controlled Hebron are sent to Israel.<ref name=":4" /> Trade volume between Israel and the Palestine reaches $30 billion annually and the city trades with [[China]] as well.<ref name=":4" /> The minimum wage is 50 [[Israeli new shekel|NIS]] per day versus an average of 30 NIS per day in other Palestinian areas.<ref name=":4" />[[File:Hebron CBD night 1.jpg|thumb|Ein Sarah Street, Hebron Central Business District at night]] [[File:Inside Hebron Mall.jpg|left|thumb|Inside the Hebron City Center Mall]]From the 1970s to the early 1990s, a third of those who lived in the city worked in the shoe industry. According to the shoe factory owner Tareq Abu Felat, the number reached least 35,000 people and there were more than 1,000 workshops around the city.<ref name="AJShoe">{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/2015/03/decline-hebron-shoe-industry-150302125843692.html|title=The decline of Hebron's shoe industry|work=[[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]]|date=April 4, 2015}}</ref> Statistics from the Chamber of Commerce in Hebron put the figure at 40,000 people employed in 1,200 shoe businesses.<ref name="AMShoe">{{cite web|url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/ru/originals/2013/03/palestinian-industry-suffers-cheap-imports.htm|title=The decline of Hebron's shoe industry|work=[[Al Monitor]]|date=March 13, 2013}} {{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> However, the [[Oslo Accords|1993 Oslo Accords]] and [[Protocol on Economic Relations|1994 Paris Protocol]] between Israel and the [[PLO]] made it possible to mass import Chinese goods as the Palestinian National Authority, which was created after the Oslo Accords, did not regulate it. They later put import taxes but the Abu Felat, who also is the Palestinian Federation of Leather Industries's chairman, said more is still needed.<ref name="AJShoe" /> The [[Palestinian government]] decided to impose an additional tax of 35% on products from China from April 2013.<ref name="AMShoe" />
90% of the shoes in Palestine are now estimated to come from China, which Palestinian industry workers say are of much lower quality but also much cheaper,<ref name="AJShoe" /> and the Chinese are more aesthetic. Another factor contributing to the decline of the local industry is [[Palestinian freedom of movement|Israeli restrictions]] on Palestinian exports.<ref name="AMShoe" /> Today, there are less than 300 workshops in the shoe industry, who only run part-time, and they employ around 3,000–4,000 people. More than 50% of the shoes are exported to Israel, where consumers have a better economy. Less than 25% goes to the Palestinian market, with some going to [[Jordan]], [[Saudi Arabia]] and other [[Arab countries]].<ref name="AJShoe" />
[[File:زجاج الخليل.jpg|thumb|[[Hebron glass]] in a market]]
The most advanced printing press in the Middle East is in Hebron.<ref name=":4" /> Hebron is major source of import goods to Israel.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Hebron, the wealthiest, most high-tech Palestinian Authority City |date=April 6, 2016 |url=http://hebron.org.il/history/403 |access-date=March 3, 2024 |publisher=the Jewish Community of Hebron |language=en}}</ref> Mattresses manufactured in Hebron are exported to Israeli markets in [[Tel Aviv]], [[Beersheba]] and [[Haifa]].<ref name=":4" /> Around 17,000 factories and workshops are located throughout the Area H1.<ref name=":4" /> Historically, the traditional glass industry is popular in Hebron.<ref name=":4" /> A new industrial city has been built in [[Tarqumiyah]], which houses more than 140 factories. Royal Industrial Trading operates a pipe manufacturing plant in Hebron, which is spread across an area of {{Convert|40000|m2|acre}} and employs over 650 people.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 4, 2018 |title=visiting Royal Industrial Trading in Hebron |publisher=The Excellence Center |url=https://excellencenter.org/visiting-royal-industrial-trading-in-hebron/ |access-date=June 23, 2024 |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2021, an electronic recycling factory was opened in [[Idna|Idhna]] and operates to this day.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Feature: Palestinian recycling factory commits to ending e-waste |url=http://www.news.cn/english/2021-09/08/c_1310175816.htm |access-date=June 23, 2024 |website=news.cn |archive-date=June 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240623132410/http://www.news.cn/english/2021-09/08/c_1310175816.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[European Union]] and the [[World Bank]] proposed to construct a regional water treatment plant, which will treat existing sewage stream coming from 80% of the city.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 14, 2021 |title=Palestine: €36 million to build the Hebron regional waste water treatment plant |website=PreventionWeb |url=https://www.preventionweb.net/news/eu36-million-eu-and-world-bank-build-hebron-regional-waste-water-treatment-plant |access-date=June 23, 2024 |language=en}}</ref> The city is a hub for the jewelry industry and houses approximately 70 jewelry factories employing over 1500 workers.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Goldfield |first=Norbert |chapter=Palestinian Working Women Society for Development: Building resilience in the Hebron Hills in Occupied Palestinian Territory |date=April 2, 2021 |title=Peace Building through Women's Health |pages=158–174 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003163657-12 |access-date=June 23, 2024 |publisher=Routledge |doi=10.4324/9781003163657-12 |isbn=978-1-003-16365-7}}</ref>

Super Nimer company manufactures sanitary ware products and water network from its factory, whose area ranges from {{Convert|30000|m2|acre}} to {{Convert|45000|m2|acre}}.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Successes Stories in Hebron Governorate |url=http://www.pipa.ps/page.php?id=236481y2319489Y236481 |access-date=June 23, 2024 |website=pipa.ps}}</ref> Opened in 2004, Super Tiger operates a factory spread across an area of {{Convert|7|acre|m2}}.<ref name=":5" /> During the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the State of Palestine]], Hebron rapidly transformed into a medical supplies manufacturing hub, with numerous factories installing and commissioning new production lines for the product and was approved by the [[Ministry of National Economy (Palestine)|Ministry of National Economy]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Feature: Palestinian factories turn into medical supplies manufacturers amid coronavirus outbreak |publisher=Xinhua |url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-03/16/c_138880973.htm|access-date=June 23, 2024}}</ref>