Israel Seals Off West Bank for 48 Hours
March 12, 2010
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Israeli
Defence Minister Ehud Barak has ordered the army to seal off the West
Bank for 48 hours until midnight on Saturday, an army spokesman said.
The
action was taken "for security reasons" including a risk of attacks,
the spokesman said Friday. The area was sealed off at midnight on
Thursday.
The army said some medical and religious workers, teachers, journalists and others would be exempted.
Israeli police have also said they would bar Muslim
men under the age of 50 from prayers on Friday at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa
mosque compound, one of Islam's holiest sites, fearing unrest.
The
moves come after violent clashes at the site, which is also holy to
Jews, during last week's Muslim prayers, and fresh tensions over
Israeli plans to build 1,600 homes for Jewish settlers in mostly Arab
east Jerusalem.
Since
the outbreak of the second Palestinian uprising in September 2000,
Israel has usually sealed off the West Bank ahead of major holidays,
saying the move is necessary to prevent attacks, but only rarely on
other occasions.
"The IDF (armed forces) will continue to
operate in order to protect the citizens of Israel while maintaining
the quality of life of the Palestinian population in the area," the
military said in a statement.
AFP
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