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Palestinians wait at the Allenby bridge border crossing. (By Bassam Almohor)

Leaving Palestine: ‘Give ’em something to talk about’

A fleeting moment of romance in grueling border terminal that devours you alive — and yet you don’t die. A day at the Allenby border crossing. (Read part one of this series here.) By Bassam Almohor “Saqallah ala ayyam zaman (I long for the old times) when we used to travel all over el blad…

By +972 Magazine May 30, 2014

Between elegance and desolation: A short journey to Qalqilya

Eight hundred words and three photos from one place. This time, the city from which the muezzins sing over the rooftops of the settlements of Kochav Yair and Nir David. Here is the closest thing that I will have to a Passover vacation: a hop for one morning to a city that is not especially attractive, though…

By Yuval Ben-Ami May 7, 2014

Who can travel from the Gaza Strip to the West Bank?

Soccer players yes, poets nein The people of Gisha NGO translated their table showing who can and who can’t travel from the Gaza Strip to the West Bank. Here it is. Note that for a person to be allowed to travel from the Strip in the first place, the IDF and the ISA (Shin…

By Yossi Gurvitz January 26, 2012

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