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Source: http://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-palestinians-impeding-ramadan-travel-relief/
Israel: PA Refusing to Cooperate on Easing Palestinian Travel Restrictions for Ramadan
(Times of Israel) Daniel Bernstein - Israel on Wednesday accused the Palestinian Authority of hindering efforts to relax restrictions on the movement of Palestinians during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Israeli authorities had agreed to permit West Bank residents to take direct buses from Palestinian cities to the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem with only minimal security screening. But, according to a senior Israeli security official, the Palestinians were not cooperating with the agreed process and were preventing worshipers from entering into Israel in an orderly way. Nevertheless, 48,000 Palestinians from the West Bank visited Al-Aqsa last Friday, compared to a few thousand on an average Friday. On Wednesday, the IDF announced it was revoking permits for 500 Palestinians from Gaza to enter Jerusalem because of rocket fire at Israel from Gaza on Tuesday.