Creating a ghost town: Lives in limbo behind Israeli gates and checkpoints
- Hebron, occupied West Bank – Badr al-Tamimi, 60, lives in Hebron’s Old City, where Israeli checkpoints, iron gates and road closures turn the simplest tasks into a dispiriting daily ordeal for Palestinian residents.
- The situation goes beyond mere restrictions on movement.
- Israel has created a ghost town in parts of Hebron, where residents feel they are being driven out.
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- Hebron, occupied West Bank – Badr al-Tamimi, 60, lives in Hebron’s Old City, where Israeli checkpoints, iron gates and road closures turn the simplest tasks into a dispiriting daily ordeal for Palestinian residents.
- The situation goes beyond mere restrictions on movement.
- Israel has created a ghost town in parts of Hebron, where residents feel they are being driven out.
Sources: Al Jazeera