Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

How this Israeli checkpoint turns morning commute into 5-hour ordeal

SHLOMI ELDAR for Al-Monitor The dangerous overcrowding at Checkpoint 300, through which an estimated 15,000 Palestinian workers pass daily into Israel, is a disaster in the making.

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