Israel began Tuesday allowing Palestinian medical staff working in the country to enter from the West Bank with their own vehicles, a first in 15 years, a defence ministry body said. COGAT, the coordinating body for Israeli government policy in the Palestinian territories, said it had "approved for Palestinian doctors who work shifts and other jobs that require heightened responsiveness in hospitals in Israel to enter Israel with their vehicles". "For the first time since 2000, Palestinian vehicles are entering Israel," COGAT said, adding that the move was aimed to "assist doctors in completing their life-saving mission". After the outbreak of the second intifada, or uprising in 2000, Palestinian cars were banned entering from the West Bank and Gaza Strip for "national security reasons", a spokesman said.
04-16-2015, 08:01 PM
Israel grants entry to Palestinian medics' cars
Israel began Tuesday allowing Palestinian medical staff working in the country to enter from the West Bank with their own vehicles, a first in 15 years, a defence ministry body said. COGAT, the coordinating body for Israeli government policy in the Palestinian territories, said it had "approved for Palestinian doctors who work shifts and other jobs that require heightened responsiveness in hospitals in Israel to enter Israel with their vehicles". "For the first time since 2000, Palestinian vehicles are entering Israel," COGAT said, adding that the move was aimed to "assist doctors in completing their life-saving mission". After the outbreak of the second intifada, or uprising in 2000, Palestinian cars were banned entering from the West Bank and Gaza Strip for "national security reasons", a spokesman said.
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