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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 permit system is complex and applied differently from region to region. A permit eases travel and reduces the risk of being turned back at a checkpoint. Permits are necessary for crossing specific checkpoints, accessing the Jordan Valley, the 'closed area' between the Green Line and the Israeli West Bank Barrier and for entering East Jerusalem.
Israeli foreign minister Israel Katz has stated the operation is a "full-fledged war" focused on stamping out "terrorist infrastructures", accusing Iran of trying to establish an "eastern terrorist front" against Israel in the West Bank by funding and arming the militias. [19] Some militants from the West Bank have also launched attacks inside ...
The Israeli checkpoint on the way from Ramallah to Jerusalem is often clogged with traffic. - Ivana Kottasova/CNN ... Israel captured the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza in the 1967 war. It ...
A blanket Israeli military closure has left movement between West Bank towns and cities almost at a standstill. Entry into East Jerusalem from most checkpoints is disallowed, even for those with ...
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) -A Palestinian militant opened fire at an Israeli checkpoint in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, wounding a security guard before he was shot dead by forces at the ...
Pages in category "Israeli checkpoints" ... Qalandia checkpoint This page was last edited on 18 January 2024, at 12:00 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Israel's hardline nationalist Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called on Monday for security zones to be set up around Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, keeping Palestinian farmers ...