This video which was artfully mashed up and shared thousands of times on social media is disinformation and distortion of facts.
We looked into this, here is what we found.
We looked into this, here is what we found.
https://twitter.com/abierkhatib/status/1398663099905986567
We traced the source materials for this propaganda video; it is from B'tselem articles and videos from June 2017 & May 2018. However there are significant omissions.
- The fence and gate was put in place because of routine stone throwing at civilians, cars passing by, the bus stop across the street and border police. There was also a fatal stabbing attack of a civilian there, Genadi Kaufman, in 2015.
- The main entrance to that part of the casbah is approx 70 meters down the road which is open 24/7. The gate in question is normally open from 7am to 11pm. It also gets locked temporarily if there have been stone throwing incidents, for the safety of passers by & border police. 
- There are Arabic people on both side of the fence / gate as seen in various videos and photos. (video credit Amit Deri)
@abierkhatib who shared the video appears to have some disturbing bigoted views. @OpenSociety is she still employed by you?
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