Palestinians stripped of municipal powers in Hebron

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Israeli hardline Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has announced that Israel has revoked the Hebron municipality’s civil planning and construction powers in areas covered by the 1997 Hebron Agreement, a move Palestinians say undermines existing accords and deepens Israeli control in the occupied West Bank. Tuesday’s announcement came during the inauguration of the illegal Israeli settlement of Doreen in the Mount Hebron