The IDF will impose a blockade on the West Bank during the national elections in Israel on Tuesday, and will also prevent Palestinian workers from entering the settlements on Sunday and Monday. The IDF says that following a reassessment, from Sunday to Monday, Palestinians with work permits will not be allowed to enter Israeli settlements throughout the West Bank and the Jordan Valley, with the exception of industrial areas and "a limited number of additional approved areas. ". According to data from last year, about 9,000 Palestinians have permits to work in settlements or nearby industrial areas. In addition, the political leadership in Israel approved the recommendation of the security establishment to impose a complete ban on the entry of Palestinian workers into all settlements and industrial areas on election day, as well as to close all land crossings in the West Bank with Israel to Palestinians, the army said. The crossings will be reopened and the ban on Palestinian workers will be lifted after election day.
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