Will UNESCO’s heritage listing halt Israeli plans for West Bank’s Sebastia?

Sebastia, a three-thousand-year-old archaeological site in the West Bank, faces intensified Israeli plans for land seizures and settlement expansion. Al Jazeera reports that UNESCO has designated the location a heritage site, raising the question of whether that designation will constrain the planned development.

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