Israel closes Palestinian territories for holiday
Palestinians are checked during an Israeli checkpoint between a West Bank city of Bethlehem and Jerusalem. PHOTO: AFP/FILE
Israel sealed off a assigned West Bank and Gaza Strip on Sunday for a Jewish holiday of Sukkot, a army said, as concerns rose over either visits to a supportive holy site could lead to violence.
The restrictions exclusive Palestinians from entering would sojourn in place by Monday, though charitable cases would be authorised passage, pronounced an army spokeswoman.
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Sukkot customarily sees an boost in a series of Jewish visitors to a flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque devalue in easterly Jerusalem, that has led to clashes in past years. The site is dedicated to both Muslims and Jews, who impute to it as a Temple Mount.
Israel assigned easterly Jerusalem in 1967 and after annexed it, and a holy site is executive to a Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Palestinians fear Israel might one day find to claim serve control over it.
Sunday dusk outlines a commencement of Sukkot, a week-long holiday to commemorate a Jewish tour by a Sinai forest to a Holy Land after their exodus from Egyptian slavery.
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It is a third of 3 unbroken Jewish holidays that have led to tensions with a Palestinians in a past. Last week, Jews noted Yom Kippur, while Rosh Hashanah, or New Year, was a prior week.
A Palestinian gun conflict in Jerusalem on Oct 9 that killed dual people lifted fears of serve violence.
Last year’s holiday duration led to clashes and noted a start of an torrent in Palestinian gun, blade and car-ramming attacks.
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