Will UNESCO’s heritage listing halt Israeli plans for West Bank’s Sebastia?
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Moderate confidence — 74/100
- Sebastia, a 3,000-year-old site, faces threats as Israel intensifies plans for land seizures and settlement expansions.
- Israel, meanwhile, has denounced the decision and described it as political.
- Nizar Kayed, deputy mayor of Sebastia, explained in comments to the Reuters news agency that he hoped the decis
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- Sebastia, a 3,000-year-old site, faces threats as Israel intensifies plans for land seizures and settlement expansions.
- Israel, meanwhile, has denounced the decision and described it as political.
- Nizar Kayed, deputy mayor of Sebastia, explained in comments to the Reuters news agency that he hoped the decis