Thread by @Shepherds4Good

For the past three days as it escalated its assault on Jenin, the zionist forces enforced the largest scale of road closures and checkpoints in the West Bank since the second Intifada 🧵

Reports from Palestinians across the West Bank indicate that in some instances soldiers are checking a car every 30 mins then closing the checkpoint. Others reported soldiers chatting, laughing, and taking selfies while thousands of vehicles remained stuck for hours.

The closures are enforced to prevent Palestinians from moving through cities effectively creating a siege surrounding every city from the North to the South. Just in Bethlehem, zionist forces sealed the entrances/exits with 89 gates, barriers, and concrete blocks

Palestinians are reporting the state of checkpoints through social media platforms to inform those traveling to avoid the closures/traffic. Transportation drivers across the West Bank found creative ways to alert each other of roadblocks/ closed checkpoints via telegram

Some Palestinians who were stuck for four hours at a checkpoint were seen playing card games and handing out food and water to other trapped vehicles. The spirit of Palestinians will never be crushed!

Yesterday evening, we drove to some of the checkpoints surrounding Bethlehem. Like Bethlehem, Salfit, Nablus, Jericho, Ramallah, Hebron, and more endure an attempt to suffocate Palestinians into submission to the zionist settler colonial project.