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VIDEO: A slice of life at an Israeli checkpoint in the West Bank

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Video: Machson Watch

As you watch this video keep in mind that the Qalandia checkpoint is not a border crossing between Israel and the West Bank. Like most Israeli checkpoints in the occupied territories, Qalandia is located squarely in Palestinian territory and prevents Palestinians from traveling freely between one Palestinian area to another.

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Human beings being totally dehumanized and herded like animals at market.
Fucking disgusting. Completely unnecessary.

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RE: “A slice of life at an Israeli checkpoint in the West Bank” ~ A. Horowitz

ALSO SEE: Israel has 101 different types of permits governing Palestinian movement, by Chaim Levinson, Haaretz, 12/23/11

Israel’s Civil Administration issues 101 different types of permits to govern the movement of Palestinians, whether within the West Bank, between the West Bank and Israel or beyond the borders of the state, according to an agency document of which Haaretz obtained a copy.
The most common permits are those allowing Palestinians to work in Israel, or in Jewish settlements in the West Bank. Over the decades, however, the permit regimen has grown into a vast, triple-digit bureaucracy.
There are separate permits for worshipers who attend Friday prayers on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem and for clerics working at the site; for unspecified clergy and for church employees. Medical permits differentiate between physicians and ambulance drivers, and between “medical emergency staff” and “medical staff in the seam zone,” meaning the border between Israel and the West Bank. There is a permit for escorting a patient in an ambulance and one for simply escorting a patient.
There are separate permits for traveling to a wedding in the West Bank or traveling to a wedding in Israel, and also for going to Israel for a funeral, a work meeting, or a court hearing. . .

ENTIRE ARTICLE – http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/israel-has-101-different-types-of-permits-governing-palestinian-movement-1.403039

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israel, treating people like cattle everyday.

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I thought I knew about the checkpoints, what they were like in a general sort of way. It turns out that I didn’t.

I can’t tell you how much these images shocked me. I have been following the treatment of the Palestinians quite closely for some years now (at least I thought I had) and I am still shocked by this. How would the general public react if they saw these images on their TV screens?

And what a wry humor all these men waiting in line have… Amazing.

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