Israel orders halt to construction on Nablus-area mosque
Nablus – Ma'an – The Israeli government halted construction of a mosque in the northern West Bank village of Burin south of Nablus on Tuesday, a Palestinian Authority official said.
Ghassan Daghlas, a PA official responsible for settlement activities in the northern West Bank, told Ma'an that Israeli forces presented a formal order demanding that construction on the Salman Al-Farisi mosque be halted immediately.
Construction on the mosque began a year ago, and was near completion save for the minaret, Daghlas explained, until a copy of the order was posted to contractors. The same order demanded that construction on storehouses owned by Burin resident Hisham Najjar be stopped as well.
A spokeswoman for Israel's Civil Administration did not return calls seeking comment.
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