Israel has seized municipal power from the Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs in order to “renovate” the Ibrahimi Mosque in the occupied city of Hebron. Permission for the move has been granted by Defence Minister Naftali Bennett. The far-right minister and coordinator of government activities in the Palestinian territories, General Kamel Abu Rokn, has given his orders to take all necessary actions, including the expropriation of land close to the site to advance what is essentially another illegal Israeli settlement project. To check the news click here