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| ‘Relative quiet’ prompts Israel to end months of closure on Palestinian town | |
| 2016-04-26 | |
| [IsraelTimes] Main entrance to Hebron-area village of Bani Naim was blocked in the wake of festivities between IDF, local residents After nearly seven months of an Israeli-imposed closure, the IDF on Sunday reopened the main entrance to a Paleostinian village in the West Bank, the army announced on social media. The main road connecting the town of Bani Naim to the nearby city of Hebron
According to Hariz Safadi, the area director for Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), the road was reopened due to the "calm that prevailed" in the town recently. COGAT, Safadi said, would "continue to introduce new developments in Hebron in light of the relatively quiet situation." He added that the IDF branch tasked with Paleostinian civil affairs was "interested in taking steps to make residents’ life easier." Safadi made the announcement on COGAT’s al-Munasek -- Arabic for "the coordinator" -- Facebook page on Saturday evening. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 I give it a week, max. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2016-04-26 12:01 |
| #1 Terract in 5..4..3 |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-04-26 02:46 |