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A Lebanese move to allow Palestinian refugees to work in jobs formerly open only to Lebanese nationals has been halted. The November policy’s rollout was suspended by Lebanon’s State Shura Council on Thursday last week, French-language daily L’Orient-Le Jour reported on Friday. Lebanon bars Palestinian refugees, like other non-citizens, from becoming engineers, doctors, or lawyers, among more than 70 other prohibited occupations, Palestinian paper Al-Hadath said. Neamatallah Abi Nasr, chief of the Maronite League, which represents Lebanon’s largest Christian sect, applauded Thursday’s news, sa…