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Source: https://www.camera.org/article/the-west-banks-unreported-forbidden-roads/
Israelis Face Heavy Restrictions When Driving West Bank Roads
(CAMERA) Tamar Sternthal - A Reuters article Monday about a Palestinian-developed app to help West Bank drivers avoid traffic caused by Israeli checkpoints covers up the fact that Israeli drivers are prohibited from using many West Bank roads. Israeli drivers are prohibited from entering Area A of the West Bank, which constitutes more than 10% of the territory, while Palestinians can drive without restriction. That means, for instance, that while years ago Israeli drivers could easily travel from Jerusalem to Beersheba via Hebron, now they must take a much more circuitous, time-consuming route to avoid the forbidden Palestinian locales. The writer is director of CAMERA's Israel Office.