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We are here in the village of Sinjil which is between Ramallah and Nabis and now it's facing the tightest siege ever. This is the main entrance of the village and it has been blockaded by these earth mounts that have been put up by the Israeli forces and some people tried to dig the dirt with their own hands to try and make it easier for people to get in and out of Zinjil. But there's a risk because the Israeli forces could come in at any moment and reinstate this blockade. And some cars, as you can see, cannot use this road. I'm going to take the car and try to see if the other entrance is open. This is one of the main roads that's usually used also by Israeli settlers. And this is a newly
built metal wall that Israel says is meant to protect the Israeli settlers from stone throwers. But what it ended up doing is caging people even further. This is the entrance and it's blocked. No one can get in or out. Let's try another entrance. This is another dirt mount. Here's a road, but it's also blocked. Even a drive like this one is risky because I don't know if we're going to run into Israeli settlers in the area. I don't know if there's an new illegal Israeli settlement outpost or if there is a
military checkpoint that will ask me why I'm here. This is something that Palestinians have to go through. Every single route, every single commute is being described as a tough and potentially deadly journey. So there's no way in or out of sing unless you want to risk ruining and damaging your car. This is just one example of how life is becoming so complicated, so restricted across the occupied West Bank. Ibrahim Al Jazzerel the occupied West Bank Palestine.
