The majority of Hebron’s Palestinian residents were subjected to further restrictions, as all men between 16 and 50 were prevented from crossing the ‘container’ checkpoint, which is located on the only road connecting the south with central and northern areas of the West Bank.161 On top of the internal restrictions of movement, all the male residents of Hebron and all Palestinians with Hebron as their birthplace in their IDs between the ages of 20 and 50 were prohibited from leaving the oPt via the Allenby border terminal and prevented from entering Israel for work.162 The Allenby border terminal, also known as the King Hussein Bridge, is the only crossing point available for Palestinians with a West bank ID. “I’m not a resident of Hebron; I have always lived in Bethlehem. I have Hebron in my ID because I was born there in the main hospital in Hebron. In June 2014 I was coming from the US to Palestine to attend my sister’s wedding. It was during that time that the kidnapping of the three settlers happened. Four days after the kidnapping I had to leave the country to go back to the US to continue with my studies there. Once I got to Allenby Bridge, I crossed the Palestinian Authority control without problems. But at the Israeli border control they asked everyone with a Hebron ID to step aside and everyone else to go the usual way. We saw that there was no investigation or checks for all those who didn’t have Hebron in their passports or ID, but we had to wait. I asked a man next to me how long he had been there, and he said since 8 am, it was 3-4 pm when I asked. Anyone who arrived to the Israeli terminal would give them the passport, they would check it and if you were from Hebron or had Hebron in the passport like me, they would ask you to wait, if you didn’t, you could pass. My birthplace is Hebron in my passport, so they asked me to sit aside with the other people from Hebron. I had my flight to the US that same day and I was stuck there with everyone else, not knowing what was going to happen. The Israelis did not allow anyone from Hebron to pass the border that day. Whatever the reason for travelling was, some people were sick, they had medical surgeries booked in Jordan… there were many people that had to cross urgently to Jordan. In my case, I had my flight at night to go back to the US. When the border was almost closed, I talked to a soldier and he said “You shouldn’t talk to me, you should just stay with the others and we will see what we will do with you.” So I started shouting and I showed them my flight ticket and I told them I wasn’t a resident of Hebron, that I was from Bethlehem. Then they took my passport and my ticket, and after one hour and a half or so, they let me pass. If I had been a resident of Hebron they wouldn’t have let me pass. I was one of the last people left at the bridge and they had asked everyone from Hebron to go back home. I saw many cases, I spoke to a lot of people, and they all said that they had to go to Jordan, but that they were not being allowed to pass, and the Israelis told us that everyone from Hebron should take the bus back to Palestine. 161 OCHA oPt, Protection of civilians, op. cit., 17-23 June 2014 162 Ibid. 43