Israel Eases Ban on Palestinians
<i> Reuters</i>
JERUSALEM —
Israel has slightly eased an 11-day ban barring the nearly 2 million Palestinians of the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip from entering Israel, a government minister said Sunday.
“The closure is going to continue,” Education Minister Amnon Rubinstein told reporters after a weekly Cabinet meeting. However, he added, more than 16,000 entry permits for humanitarian purposes and more than 4,000 work permits have been issued.
“The situation will be weighed from day to day,” he said.
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