12-17-2025, 06:17 PM
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#28601
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Dec 2018
Location: 1000 miles from nowhere
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Originally Posted by Firebot
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7017906
Um.... why are 6 MPs in Israel trying to enter the West Bank in what is a largely tense situation with potential security issues?
Unless they are caucus members speaking on official business on behalf of the government or diplomats, this is very ill advised.
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https://apple.news/A_4bRmNChRaetBYJiiv_cPA
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The Allenby Crossing is arguably the riskiest and most arduous legal entry point into the West Bank, thanks to a fraught security environment. In September, a Jordanian truck driver carrying humanitarian aid opened fire at the crossing and killed two Israeli military personnel before being shot dead. The incident led to the crossing’s indefinite closure and the implementation of far stricter screening processes — the crossing was only reopened to cargo trucks last week.#
In contrast, it is remarkably easy to enter the West Bank from within Israel. A breeze, really (I speak from personal experience). In the area around Jerusalem, one can just drive — or even take a bus — into the Palestinian territory without being stopped or checked. Security screenings are reserved for return trips back into Israel proper.#
This ease-of-entry applies to observers of all political backgrounds: there is no shortage of journalists operating in the West Bank, including many fierce critics#of Israel. Once inside, reporters do face the risk of harassment from#both Israeli and Palestinian forces — the area can be a tense conflict zone, after all — but, even so, it is laughable to suggest that independent or critical voices are barred.#
The TCMV, which organized the delegation, should’ve known this, considering that it led a successful trip into the West Bank last year, entering via Israel instead of Jordan. As neither the organization nor the NCCM responded to the Post’s requests for comment, it is unclear why a far more difficult entry point was chosen this year.
Perhaps the organizers prioritized avoiding setting foot in Israel proper over securing low-risk access to Palestinian voices. Or perhaps they intended this as a publicity stunt. In any case, their allies seized on the predictable mess that followed and fabricated a political crisis out of nothing.#
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