Israel said to allow 70 Hebron shops to reopen after 15 years
Source: Times of Israel
West Bank city’s mayor says IDF to let dozens of storekeepers resume business in time for the Muslim holiday of Ramadan
Israel has approved the reopening of around 70 Palestinian shops, which it closed 15 years ago in the flashpoint West Bank city of Hebron, its mayor announced on Monday.
“The Israeli army’s leadership allowed the reopening of stores on Sahla Street, which runs from the area near the Ibrahimi mosque” through Hebron’s old town, Dawud al-Zaatari told journalists.
“This is the first time the army has allowed these shops to open since the beginning of the Second Intifada,” the violent uprising that begin in 2000 and lasted almost five years, he added.
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