Settlers and army blocking West Bank roads to Palestinians

Large boulders block the entry and exit of cars outside Beit Jala, occupied West Bank. (Yuval Abraham)

In the Illegally occupied West Bank

Since October, Mahmoud Amer’s village in the occupied West Bank has been under an effective blockade. He can’t leave by car, and every time he wants to leave on foot — whether to visit a relative or run an errand — or invite a guest into the village, he has to ask the adjacent Israeli settlement for permission.

“I call the settlement security coordinator every time the children go to school, or when my sister comes to visit,” Amer told +972 and Local Call. “We were told that if we left on foot without telling them, they would cause us problems.”

Source: Settlers and army blocking West Bank roads to Palestinians