Holiday marred for hundreds of Palestinians outside Jerusalem as Israeli army limits entry into villages
by Amira Hass
Haaretz, 16th of October
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Hundreds of Palestinians from two villages north-west of Jerusalem will be unable to fully celebrate the Id al-Adha (Feast of the Sacrifice) holiday, as a result of the Civil Aministration’s refusal to coordinate the entry of a slaughterer and relatives into the villages.
On Tuesday the Civil Administration in Judea and Samaria turned down a request by residents of Nebi Samuel to enable the entry of relatives as well as a slaughterer for the Muslim holiday. According to one resident, a representative of the Israel Defense Forces District Coordination and Liaison Office at the Kalandia checkpoint between Ramallah and Jerusalem told him that there would be no coordination - not for them and not for Khaleila, the other isolated village in the Givat Ze’ev-Givon settlement bloc.