From Friday all entry points (to Israel) from the Gaza Strip and Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) will be opened only in cases of medical and humanitarian – he told AFP spokeswoman for the army.
the ban is to apply until midnight local time on Sunday.
This additional restrictions introduced by Israeli government after the attack carried out by two Palestinians Wednesday evening in the center of Tel Aviv .
AFP notes, however, that the ban does not seem to be enforced. Before the hour. 8 local time, that is, in theory, after the entry into force of the ban, hundreds or even thousands of Palestinians have passed through the main checkpoint in Bethlehem and Kalandii, where the main crossing point between the Jerusalem and Ramallah in the West Bank.
Thursday government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in retaliation announced the freezing of more than 80 thousand. permits for entry to Israel , issued for the period of Ramadan, Palestinians from the West Bank and, to a lesser extent, from the Gaza Strip.
The High Commissioner of the UN. Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al -Hussein condemned Wednesday’s bombing in Tel Aviv. At the same time expressed concern that the cancellation of entry permits “can be classified as the use of collective punishment,” which is prohibited by international law – said spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani. As passed such measures “only deepen the sense of injustice and frustration of the Palestinians.”
On Friday the decision to Tel Aviv criticized the French foreign minister, who warned that it could lead to increased tensions between Israel and the Palestinians, and then shoot the spiral of violence.
Be wary of measures that could lead to riots – stressed Ayrault, stipulating that totally condemns “despicable attack ” to which took place on Wednesday in Tel Aviv.
the Minister stressed that in the face of such developments in the Middle East, the more it becomes necessary to take “an international political initiative to create a proper climate for negotiation” between the Palestinian side and the Israeli .
Ayrault responded in this way to the initiative of France, thanks to which Paris was organized in early June an international conference to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
After the conference, the Israeli government announced that “it rejects the prospect of peace” in the Middle East. Palestine Liberation Organization has defined the meeting in Paris as “very important step”. Israeli-Palestinian peace process collapsed in 2014.
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