Days of Palestine, Jerusalem –Israeli occupation imposed on Saturday morning intensive security procedures at Huwwara Checkpoint south of Nablus, causing major delays.
Israeli forces prevented all Palestinian vehicles traveling from Nablus southward from passing through the checkpoint, blocking Route 60, the main north-south artery through the West Bank.
Palestinian drivers, as a result, took another route through another Israeli checkpoint in the nearby village of Awarta.
Palestinian drivers traveling northward into Nablus, meanwhile, were subjected to intensive inspections.
At the same time, vehicles of the illegal Israeli settlers were not subject to the same measures and were allowed to pass freely.
The area around Huwwara checkpoint is a frequent site of tensions due to the presence of a number of right-wing Jewish settlements, whose residents frequently assault Palestinians in local villages.
Israeli forces maintain severe restrictions on the movement of the Palestinians in the occupied West Bank through a complex combination of more than 500 fixed checkpoints, flying checkpoints, roads forbidden to Palestinians but open exclusively to Jewish settlers and other measures.
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