Father Bashar Basiel moved freely in and out of his parish in the occupied West Bank until Israeli troops installed gates at ...

"We woke up and we were surprised to see that we have the iron gates in our entrance of Taybeh, on the roads that are going to Jericho, to Jerusalem, to Nablus," said Basiel, a Catholic priest in the ...

Like rabbits in a cage' - Basiel said that now, when the gates are closed, "I have to wait, or I have to take another way" into Taybeh, a quiet village known for its brewery. He said that on ...

"It's like rabbits living in a cage. In the morning they can go out, do things, then in the evening they have to go home to the cage," he said. Shadi Zahod, a government employee who commutes ...

Palestinian freedom of movement has been even more severely restricted since the Gaza ceasefire took effect as Israel erects ...

TAYBEH: Father Bashar Basiel moved freely in and out of his parish in the occupied West Bank until Israeli troops installed ...