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Israel says won’t renew mandate of Hebron observer mission

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Israel says won't renew mandate of Hebron observer missionIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday he will not renew the mandate of international observers in the flashpoint West Bank city of Hebron, effectively closing the mission. The Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH) was established in the city following a massacre of Palestinians in 1994, but Netanyahu accused it of bias. “We will not allow the continuation of an international force that acts against us,” Netanyahu said in a statement released by his office on Twitter.