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LONDON: The Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has warned about the consequences of imposing Israeli settler control over the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron city, south of the occupied West Bank, on Wednesday.

The ministry said that Israel’s decision to transfer the management of the mosque, known to Jews as the Cave of the Patriarchs, to a settlement council is “an unprecedented move to impose control over it, Judaize it, alter its identity, and a blatant violation of international law and UN resolutions.”

Israeli media reported on Wednesday that the Israeli Civil Administration, which operates under the Ministry of Defense and governs the West Bank, has transferred the management and supervision of the Ibrahimi Mosque from the Hebron municipality to the religious council of the Kiryat Arba settlement.

The ministry called on UNESCO, which had designated the Ibrahimi Mosque as a World Heritage site in 2017, to urgently intervene and halt the implementation of this plan.

Tayseer Abu Sneineh, mayor of Hebron, stressed that “the transfer of the powers of the Ibrahimi Mosque administration (to the settlement’s religious council) is an assault on the civilization of the city and a blatant violation of international law.”

Abu Sneineh said that the Israeli Civil Administration, officially known as the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, has not yet officially handed over the decision to the city’s municipality.

He said that Israeli violations of the Ibrahimi Mosque’s sanctity began shortly after the city and West Bank were occupied in 1967, when settlers held a collective wedding at the site.

“We reject the decision in full, and consider it a political, cultural and religious aggression against the city of Hebron,” Abu Sneineh told Wafa news agency.

Sheikh Moataz Abu Sneineh, director of the Ibrahimi Mosque, said they have not received official notification about the transfer of administration powers, emphasizing that the mosque is a purely Islamic site and part of Islamic endowment property.

The Ibrahimi Mosque is in Hebron’s Old City, where about 400 settlers are protected by around 1,500 Israeli soldiers and surrounded by numerous military checkpoints.

Since 1994, Israel has spatially divided the Ibrahimi Mosque into 63 percent for Jews and 37 percent for Muslims, after a massacre by an extremist settler that killed 29 Palestinian worshipers at the site.

DUBAI: The Dubai Future Foundation has unveiled the world’s first classification system to transparently define the role of human and machine collaboration in content creation, research, and publishing, it was announced on Wednesday.

Approved by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, crown prince of Dubai, the system is aimed at increasing accountability and clarity in an era of rapidly advancing artificial intelligence.

The new Human–Machine Collaboration Icon Classification System will introduce a set of five primary icons to indicate the level of collaboration between humans and intelligent machines, as well as nine additional functional icons that reflect the specific stages of a project where this collaboration occurred, such as ideation, data analysis, and visual design.

“Distinguishing between human creativity and artificial intelligence has become a real challenge in light of today’s rapid technological advances. This calls for a new approach to recognize the growing role of intelligent machines,” said Sheikh Hamdan.

“That’s why we launched the world’s first Human–Machine Collaboration Icons: a classification system that brings transparency to how research, publications, and content are created.”

Sheikh Hamdan also called on researchers, writers, publishers, designers, and content creators around the world to adopt the new system responsibly and use it in ways that serve the public good.

Additionally, he directed all Dubai government entities to begin implementing the system in their research and knowledge-based work.

The HMC system is intended to give readers, researchers, and decision-makers a clearer understanding of how much human or machine input shaped a particular piece of work.

It reflects a growing reliance on intelligent systems such as generative AI, algorithms, automation tools, and robotics across fields like academia, design, media, and scientific research.

The five primary classifications range from “All Human” — denoting no machine involvement — to “All Machine,” where content is generated entirely by automated systems.

Intermediate categories capture varying degrees of collaboration, such as “Human Led,” “Machine Assisted,” and “Machine Led,” depending on which party took the initiative and how the work was validated.