US condemns increased movement restrictions on Palestinians in Hebron

The US pans the movement restrictions Israel has placed on Palestinians living in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, which have recently increased in parallel to a spate of settler violence.

The US Office of Palestinian Affairs tweets that its head, George Noll, visited Hebron and the neighboring village of Dura to meet with community leaders.

Noll’s visit was also aimed at “better understand[ing] the many challenges Hebronites are facing, including increased movement restrictions and extremist settler attacks over the past eight months,” his office says.

Hebron is the West Bank’s most populous city, holy to Muslims and Jews. Some 500 nationalist Israeli settlers live in fortified compounds heavily guarded by the IDF in the midst of 200,000 Palestinian inhabitants whose movements are heavily restricted.

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Chief of the Office of Palestinian Affairs George Noll was pleased to meet Hebron Governor Khaled Doudin and other Hebron and Dura representatives on May 29 to better understand the many challenges Hebronites are facing, including increased movement restrictions… pic.twitter.com/tgJamRLcdZ

— U.S. Office of Palestinian Affairs (@USPalAffairs) June 3, 2024