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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.
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 ...
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More than 500,000 Jewish settlers live in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, which was captured by Israel from Jordan in the 1967 war and is now home to 3.3 million Palestinians. Jewish settlements ...
On 28 August 2024, Israel launched a large-scale military operation in the occupied West Bank. [33] [34] [35]It was Israel's largest military operation in the West Bank in more than 20 years since its Operation Defensive Shield in 2002, [36] and marked a significant escalation of the continual Israeli incursions into the region against Palestinian militants during the ongoing Gaza war.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Israeli incursions in the West Bank Part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and the Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present) West Bank Palestinian enclaves (Areas A & B) West Bank under Israeli control (Area C) Israeli-annexed Jerusalem / East Jerusalem See here for a more detailed map. Date 11 ...
Hundreds of Jewish peace activists and their allies converged at a major train station in downtown Chicago during rush hour Monday morning, blocking the entrance to the Israeli consulate and ...