How Israel has engineered a system of apartheid on West Bank roads
How Israel has engineered a system of apartheid on West Bank roads Submitted by Fareed Taamallah on Wed, 11/11/2026 - 21:13 Every afternoon, Palestinian commuters sit behind military gates while Israeli settlers drive on. The system is built to exhaust them and make staying on their land harder Israeli forces close a military checkpoint near the Palestinian town of Taybeh, east of Ramallah in the…
Every afternoon, Palestinian commuters are forced to sit behind military checkpoints while Israeli settlers freely drive on the same roads. The system, built by Israel, intentionally exhausts Palestinian commuters and makes it harder for them to stay on their land. Israeli forces shut down military checkpoints near Palestinian towns near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank as a form of punishment.
The checkpoints are closed at exact hours to clear roads for Israeli settlers, leaving Palestinians stranded and unable to commute home. Over 900 fixed and temporary movement obstacles restrict the daily lives of 3.4 million Palestinians, with 942 iron gates installed in 2025 alone. The checkpoints are a deliberate, institutionalized apparatus of spatial segregation and racial discrimination, subordinating the right of Palestinian civilians to travel through their own land to grant permanent priority to Israeli settlers.
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