A man looks at a banner showing the portrait of late Israeli prime minister David Ben Gurion with text in Hebrew (R) reading "Rebuilding the Jewish Quarter 'The Market' in Hebron", with another on its left showing the portrait of Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, hanging on an old market building along al-Shuhada street in the flashpoint city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, following an announcement by the new Israeli hard-right defence minister to start planning a new Jewish neighbourhood in the wholesale market complex. AFP

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