West Bank roads on which Israel forbids Palestinian vehicles

West Bank roads on which Palestinian vehicles are completely prohibited

Area	Road	Prohibited section of road		Scope of prohibition	Distance
	Name/Number	From	To		(in km)
Northern West Bank	Route 557	Entrance to	Entrance to settlement of	Total (including pedestrians)	3.9
		Beit Dajan	Elon Moreh
	Route 5	Bruqin Junction	Kafr Kassem Checkpoint, the Green Line	Total	4
East Jerusalem	Route 404	Har Hotzvim	Beginning of Rt. 45	Total	5.8
Southern West Bank	(Begin Blvd. North)
	Route 443	Beit 'Ur al-Fauqa	Giv'at Ze'ev intersection	Total	7.8
	Qedar - Ma'ale Adumim Rd.	Ma'ale Adumim	Old entrance to Qedar	Total	4.2
	Route 60	Gilo Junction	Tunnels Checkpoint	Total	4.6
	Route 45	Giv'at Ze'ev Junction	Qalandiya Checkpoint	Total	3.2
	Prohibited roads in downtown Hebron	See Hebron table, hereinafter			6.72
Total					40.22

West Bank roads on which Palestinian vehicles are restricted

Area	Road	Prohibited section of road		Scope of prohibition	Distance
	Name/Number	From	To		(in km)
Central West Bank	Route 55	Jaljulye Checkpoint, east of Qalqiliya	The Green Line	Partial¹	3.6
	Route 466	Beit El	Route 60	Partial²	5.5
East Jerusalem	Route 436	a-Nabi Samwil	Giv'at Ze'ev/ Neighborhood of al-Khalayleh, al-Jib: Gate between al-Jib and Giv'at Ze'ev	Partial³	4
East Jerusalem	Route 436	Giv'at Ze'ev Junction/Ofer Prison	a-Nabi Samwil	Partial⁴	5.9
Total					19

1. Passage prohibited to Palestinians with the exception of the residents of the villages of a-Ramadin and ‘Arab Abu Fardah, which were separated from the rest of the West Bank by the Separation Barrier, and of Palestinians holding agricultural permits, whose lands were cut off by the Separation Barrier, west of Qalqiliyah.
2. In December 2014 Beit El Checkpoint was opened to allow one-way only Palestinian passage, permitting Palestinians to cross the checkpoint in order to enter Ramallah. With the exception of ambulances and VIP card holders, Palestinians are still not allowed to leave Ramallah via this checkpoint.
3. Passage prohibited to Palestinians with the exception of a limited number of residents of the neighborhood of a-Nabi Samwil who are permitted to drive their cars on the road according to a list managed at the checkpoint.
4. Passage prohibited to Palestinians with the exception of five vehicles which were given a permit to provide services to the Palestinians in the area.

Roads in Hebron closed to Palestinians

Area/Road	Prohibited section		Permitted/Prohibited		Distance	Comments
	From	To	Pedestrians	Vehicles	(in km)
Jabel a-Rahmeh	Qafishah building	Al-Qadi bakery	Residents of the neighborhood only	Prohibited	0.4	Persons registered as residents of the neighborhood in their ID card
Tel Rumeida	Checkpoint 56	Qafishah building	Residents of the neighborhood only	Prohibited	0.6	Persons registered as residents of the neighborhood in their ID card
Jewish Cemetery	Al-Qadi bakery	Gilbert Junction Checkpoint	Residents of the neighborhood only	Prohibited	0.2	Persons registered as residents of the neighborhood in their ID card
Abu 'Aisha	Gilbert Junction Checkpoint	Home of Abu Haikal family	Residents of the neighborhood only	Prohibited	0.1	Vehicles completely prohibited. Only members of Abu 'Easheh and Abu Haikal families permitted to pass on foot
a-Shuhada Street	Checkpoint 56	Beit Hadassah	Residents of a-Shuhada Street only	Prohibited	0.15	Persons registered as residents in their ID card
a-Shuhada Street	Beit Hadassah	A-Sultan's Pool	Prohibited	Prohibited	1
a-Shuhada Street	A-Sultan's Pool	Pharmacy Checkpoint	Permitted	Prohibited	0.05
a-Sahala	Al-Jamal Market	The Court	Prohibited	Prohibited	0.2
a-Sahala	The Court	'Abed Checkpoint	Permitted	Prohibited	0.05
a-Sahala	Bab al-Khan	vegetable market	Prohibited	Prohibited	0.05
a-Sahala	Bab al-Khan	Al-Hadadin Market	Prohibited	Prohibited	0.05
a-Sahala	Al-Ibrahimiya School	Bakery Checkpoint	Permitted	Prohibited	0.1
a-Salaimeh neighborhood	Bakery Checkpoint	The Bench Checkpoint	The military has split the street in two, a paved road for Jews and a rough, dirt road for Palestinians. permitted	Prohibited	0.07	There is a chain-link fence down the middle of the road to separate Palestinian from Jewish pedestrians
a-Salaimeh neighborhood	Bakery Checkpoint	A-Rajbi intersection	Permitted	Prohibited	0.1
Worshippers' Way	Bakery Checkpoint	Zion intersection	Permitted	Prohibited	0.2	On Jewish holidays and Saturdays prohibited to pedestrians as well. Instead, pedestrians are directed to a side road, a rough path opened at these times for Palestinians
'Othman bin 'Afan/Kiryat Arba/Zion	A-Rajbi intersection	Wadi al-Ghurus intersection	Permitted	Prohibited	2	All permits issued in 2009 for passage by vehicle to Palestinians for whom it is the only access road to their house were denied in October 2015
Wadi al-Ghurus	Wadi al-Ghurus intersection	Al-'Asili building	Permitted	Prohibited	1
Wadi a-Nassara (The Christians)	Zion intersection	House of Kayed D'ana	Permitted	Prohibited	0.4	On Jewish holidays and Saturdays prohibited to pedestrians as well. Instead, pedestrians are directed to a side road, a rough path opened at these times for Palestinians
Total					6.72

West Bank roads on which Israel forbids Palestinian vehicles

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