Hebron’s Palestinian municipality held planning authority over the city for nearly 30 years. Israel revoked it this month, then swiftly approved a yeshiva in the Old City — redrawing who controls the city’s land and future.

A Palestinian child sits on a barrier blocking a street in the middle of the West Bank city of Hebron that Palestinians are prevented from using while illegal Israeli settlers have free movement under protection of the military. (Photo: Wikimedia/Austin 202)Hebron’s Palestinian municipality held planning authority over the city for nearly 30 years. Israel revoked it this month, then swiftly approved a yeshiva in the Old City — redrawing who controls the city’s land and future.

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