The permit regime is Oslo’s enduring legacy. It must be abolished

JVL Introduction

Palestinians require permits to enter or leave Israel to work, or to pray, or to get health care there. They may also require permits to move from one sector of the West Bank to another.

This permit system is the legacy of the Oslo Agreements: by separating Palestinians in the occupied territories from Israelis behind the green line, as well as from those in illegal settlements, Israel now needed control over their movement from one area to another.

It is cruelly reminiscent of the South African pass system but, with modern weapons and technological control systems, Israeli apartheid has become far more totalitarian in operation than the South African system ever was.

This article was originally published by +972 Magazine on Thu 21 Sep 2023. Read the original here.