Gush Etzion and Kiryat Arba to Protest New Border Crossing and Labeling of Vehicles
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(IsraelNN.com) “Activist committees in Kiryat Arba are preparing a protest against stickers the army is planning to distribute to residents to enable passage through the large border-crossing type checkpoint being constructed at the entrance to Gush Etzion from Jerusalem.”
“Kiryat Arba’s local council met on February 12th and concluded unanimously that it is ‘opposed to the army’s objective of differentiating and separating the residents of Yesha (acronym for Judea, Samaria and Gaza) communities from other citizens of the State of Israel, and has therefore decided not to distribute the stickers to drivers living in Kiryat Arba. In addition, it will join with the other local councils in Yesha to frustrate this objective.’”
“A protest will take place this Friday, against the border crossing being built next to the Gush Etzion tunnels. A convoy of vehicles will leave Kiryat Arba at 9 and be joined by residents of Gush Etzion communities who will wait in their cars along Highway 60 starting at 9:30 – all heading to the new border crossing together. “