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The checkpoint is used by the Israeli military to control Palestinian access to East Jerusalem and Israel. Israel requires Palestinians to have permits to pass through the checkpoint to East Jerusalem and Israel for their work, medical care, education or for religious reasons. [2] [3] [4] According to B'Tselem, most of the people who use the ...
The Qalandia checkpoint is the main checkpoint between the northern West Bank and Jerusalem, and is known for frequent demonstrations against the occupation. [43] The Israeli 2013 Qalandia raid led to clashes with local residents, leaving three of Qalandia's inhabitants dead and several critically wounded. [44]
Israel introduced a building permit policy in East Jerusalem and Area C which made home construction for Palestinian residents challenging. It is estimated that 85 percent of the Palestinian houses in East Jerusalem are considered "illegal," meaning that since 1967 Palestinians built approximately 20 thousand homes without acquiring a necessary ...
Checkpoint 300 (Arabic: حاجز 300, romanized: Ḥājiz 300, Hebrew: מחסום 300, romanized: Machsom 300), also known as the Bethlehem checkpoint, the Gilo Checkpoint, or the Rachel's Tomb checkpoint, is a major Israel Defense Forces checkpoint at one of the main exits of Bethlehem. [1]
An Israel Border Police checkpoint at Jericho's southern entrance, 2005 Map of West Bank checkpoints in 2020. An Israeli checkpoint (Hebrew: מחסום, romanized: makhsóm; Arabic: حاجز, romanized: ḥājiz) is a barrier erected by the Israeli Security Forces, primarily today part of the system of West Bank closures in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
The notoriously overcrowded Shuafat Refugee Camp is cut off from the rest of East Jerusalem. Pictured here is the checkpoint at the camp's exit, flanked by a police watchtower. - Ivana Kottasova/CNN
Kalandia checkpoint, August 2004 Huwwara checkpoint, south of Nablus. [1] Restrictions on the movement of Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied territories by Israel is an issue in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. According to B'Tselem, following the 1967 war, the occupied territories were proclaimed closed military zones.
According to the Washington Post, about 70000 Palestinians cross checkpoints daily to work in Israel, mainly in construction sites. [93] Security forces at checkpoints have the authority to turn back Palestinians without reason or, as often is the case, turn a short commute into an hours-long, humiliating journey. [94]