The Israeli occupation authorities last week prevented 10 West Bank Palestinians from travelling abroad through al-Karama crossing.
The Palestinian police said in a statement on Saturday that 10 Palestinians were banned from travel last week under “security pretexts”.
The police said that 16436 Palestinians left the West Bank and 17846 returned to the Palestinian territories via al-Karama crossing the only outlet connecting the West Bank with the outside world through Jordan during the same period.
Israel established al-Karama crossing (Allenby) in 1967 following its occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip basically for the travel of West Bank Palestinians.
Another crossing was built for commercial purposes called Sheikh Hussein bridge but it later started to be used for the travel of Israelis foreign tourists and Palestinians of the 1948 occupied territories who have Israeli IDs.
