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Israeli settlers expand in Hebron Old City

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Al Jazeera reports that on Oct. 29, Israeli settlers placed mobile structures on rooftops of Palestinian commercial buildings in Hebron's Old City, creating about 20 new settler units and threatening Palestinian shopkeepers.

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Al Jazeera reports that on Oct. 29, Israeli settlers placed mobile structures on rooftops of Palestinian commercial buildings in Hebron's Old City, creating about 20 new settler units and threatening Palestinian shopkeepers.

Israeli settlers have expanded their presence in Hebron’s Old City by installing prefabricated units on the rooftops of Palestinian-owned buildings, further threatening the livelihoods of Palestinian business owners. Read more https://t.co/UfGRIinWkx https://t.co/bS3p23EA4k

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BIsraeli settlers have expanded in Hebron's Old City, installing prefabricated units on rooftops of Palestinian-owned buildings.
BAl Jazeera reports about twenty new settler units, threatening Palestinian shopkeepers.
BThe report says the units went up on October twenty-ninth. It marks a significant change in a sensitive part of the city.
BAl Jazeera also posted that United Kingdom Prime Minister Andy Burnham says the midterms show the need to end the United States-Israel war on Iran.
BTwo corrections: Burnham is the mayor of Greater Manchester, not prime minister, and there is no confirmed United States-Israel war on Iran.
BFox News reports California voters are rejecting Proposition thirty-nine, the voter identification measure, with sixty percent against.
BThat count is based on roughly half the ballots and remains unconfirmed.
BThe Washington Post reports Deb Haaland, the former interior secretary, will become the first Native American woman to govern New Mexico.
BThat result is also not verified.
BReuters reports a Norwegian appeals court has ruled that the king's stepson must remain under house arrest.
BDetails of that case are still emerging.
BThat's the news at this hour.

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