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Israel Advances Building in East Jerusalem Before Trump Exit

The Palestinian city of Hebron in the occupied West bank. — The Palestinian city of Hebron in the occupied West bank.
Photographer: Hazem Bader/AFP/Getty Images

By

Ivan Levingston

November 15, 2020, 11:58 AM UTCUpdated onNovember 15, 2020, 2:32 PM UTC

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Israel is pushing forward with controversial plans to develop a Jewish enclave in a strategic area of East Jerusalem, in the waning days of a Trump administration sympathetic to Israeli settlement activity.