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Monday, January 28, 2019
PM ends mission of international force in Hebron, saying it ‘acts against us’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decides not to extend the mandate of the civilian observer mission in the West Bank city of Hebron known as Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH).
“We won’t enable the continued presence of an international force that acts against us,” Netanyahu says in a statement.
The decision comes after settlers and police complained that TIPH members were “deliberately creating friction to justify their high salary.”
In a report earlier this month, police said members were disrupting IDF soldiers’ work vetting Palestinians at local checkpoints and regularly confronting troops.
Settlers and Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan had urged Netanyahu to end the force’s mission at the end of January and not renew it.
The Times of Israel Community.