Israeli forces shut down container road checkpoint in Bethlehem

Ma'an
Hundreds of Palestinians faced delays on Wednesday morning on the Container Road between Bethlehem and Abu Diss, occupied East Jerusalem, as Israeli forces carried out extensive searches and closed the checkpoint.

Bethlehem Governor Abdul Fattah Hamayal was among those affected by the closure, who commented that such actions are a means to provoke Palestinians, adding that internal checkpoints have been subject to prolonged closures recently.

Governor Hamayal further said that such practices are often based on the mood of the solider and “is not a personal issue, but one experienced by all the Palestinian people.”

He called on the international community to work at bring an end to such “repressive” Israeli practices at checkpoints, and that the lives of Palestinians should be affected by the mood of an Israeli soldier.....
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