Israeli forces set up flying checkpoints in Bethlehem

Published today 11:37

Israeli soldiers check Palestinians at a flying checkpoint on the edge of Azzun village near the West Bank city of Qalqiliya October 31, 2007. [MaanImages/Khaleel Reash]

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Two flying checkpoints were installed by Israeli soldiers in Bethlehem on Wednesday morning, stopping cars and checking ID cards of drivers two kilometers south of the Nativity Church.

An Israeli military spokesman said the checkpoints were “routine military activity,” despite a 2009 decision which handed total civil and security control to Palestinian forces in Bethlehem, Nablus and Qalqiliya.

The flying checkpoints were installed at the edge of Beit Sahour in the Souq Ash-Shab area, and a second near the Al-Quds Open University campus on the main YMCA road.

Officials from the Coordination Office for Government Activity in the [Palestinian] Territories could not be reached for comment as to whether the Israeli military presence in Bethlehem had been coordinated with local authorities.

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