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The proposed statement, circulated by Kuwait and Indonesia, would have expressed the U.N. Security Council’s “regret” over the “unilateral decision.”
Advocates praised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s move to end the mandate of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron, or TIPH, which they contend stoked hostilities and friction between Jewish and Arab residents.
WCC has recently come under fire from Im Tirtzu, NGO Monitor, CAMERA, DMU and other pro-Israel organizations over promoting anti-Israel rhetoric and the BDS movement.
The TIPH consists of 13 local staff and 64 members from Turkey, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden and Italy. Two incidents involve staff members caught on camera attacking Israelis.
Temporary International Presence in Hebron is accused of anti-Israel bias, overstepping its mandate as a neutral observer.
Security-camera footage shows a member of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron slashing the car tires of a Jewish resident. Another member recently slapped a 10-year-old Jewish boy.
Footage showed a member of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH) attacking the boy, who had approached the group as they took a tour organized by the controversial Breaking the Silence organization, which is critical of the IDF.
