The Palestinian Authority is accusing Israel of a new "racist" crime.
The official Palestinian Wafa news agency reports in Arabic:
Under the pretext of Jewish holidays, the Israeli occupation authorities decided to impose a comprehensive closure on the West Bank and close the crossings in the Gaza Strip, starting at noon tomorrow, Friday....The occupation exploits the Jewish holidays to disturb our people.
Interestingly, the English version is more strident in its accusations:
The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates denounced the closures, considering them a punishment on racial background and harmful to the Palestinian economy.It described the closures in a statement as “a blatant use of religious events for colonial purposes in an effort to mislead world public opinion by blaming the victim while acquitting the executioner, not to mention the economic and social harm they cause to our people.”
The closure of the crossings happens predictably every year. This is normal and the schedules are publicized way in advance. And it isn't only Israel that closes crossings on holidays.
The Gaza border to Egypt is closed on Muslim and Egyptian holidays.
The Jordanian borders to the West Bank are closed on Muslim and Jordanian holidays.
But when Israel closes its crossings with the Palestinian Authority on Jewish holidays, the Palestinian Authority considers it a racist crime.
Which goes to show who the real bigots are.
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