Palestinians in Gaza are debating the prospect of using Israel’s Ramon Airport after plans for its use by West Bank Palestinians were scrapped last year. But this won’t ease travel restrictions for most.

Jordan has pledged to improve conditions at “the Bridge” following accusations it profits from Israeli restrictions on Palestinians, but analysts say such half-measures won’t matter while occupation remains.

When US congress members Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar were barred from entering Israel it was shocking for many. Traveling for an American citizen is a privilege often taken for granted. But if you are a Palestinian living under Israel occupation it becomes almost impossible. “Most of our visas get rejected,” Malkon Marizian explains to Mondoweiss. “This is related to our status. It is all related to the occupation.”

Laura Comstock shares her experience trying to enter the West Bank from Jordan to attend a wedding in Ramallah: “[The Israeli border agents’] attitudes changed completely when I informed them I would be staying with my university professor in Ramallah that night and became extremely hostile. I was then interrogated and screamed at by three border agents with a large line of other American tourists who were behind me. I was immediately detained without explanation and my passport was taken from me.”