Netanyahu To End International Observer Mission In Hebron

January 30 2019

Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to expel international observers from the Palestinian city of Hebron in the West Bank, reports the Jerusalem Post.

Israel will no longer support the presence of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH), Netanyahu said on Tuesday.

The TIPH consists of 64 international civilian observers from Italy, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey. 

The group monitors compliance with a 1997 agreement that transferred control...

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