These summaries not only prominent events but also the routine of the checkpoints, each of which is observed during a given period. During the many years of occupation, the Israeli Army and the Civil Administration have continually succeeded in tightening their control over the Palestinians living in their land inside the West Bank. Only those with a valid travel permit in their hand arrive at the checkpoints. These permits are mostly obtained with great difficulty and with deliberately imposedbureaucratic obstacles .
The Palestinians’ appalling problems in supporting...
Hebron and the South Hebron Hills
The tours initiated by the Minister of Education – a-political, he claims...
Everyday life in the Occupied Territories
A ten-year old boy crosses the bustling crowded checkpoint at Qalandiya all by himself day by day, on his way to...
During 2009, Israel removed some of the restrictions it had imposed at the start of the second intifada on the movement of Palestinians within the West Bank. As a result, travel on...
Not Knowing Why Nor Where to Turn To...
Considering the dire economic situation in the Occupied Territories, and the shortage of working hands in the...
Bethlehem Checkpoint
Many millions were invested in the construction of the Bethlehem Checkpoint ("Rachel Crossing") "according to...