Israel’s 942 Checkpoints Restrict Palestinian Movement: UN
NEW YORK — The United Nations says a network of 942 Israeli checkpoints and barriers across the occupied West Bank is severely restricting Palestinian movement, according to fresh data from the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). The system includes 824 permanent checkpoints and closure…
NEW YORK — The United Nations says a network of 942 Israeli checkpoints and barriers across the occupied West Bank is severely restricting Palestinian movement, according to fresh data from the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). The system includes 824 permanent checkpoints and closure points, and 118 linear obstacles — earthen mounds, trenches and road blockades — spanning 107.7 kilometers combined.
Hebron governorate has the highest count at 221, followed by Ramallah and al-Bireh (160), Nablus (120), Bethlehem (78), Jerusalem (62), Qalqilya (41) and Salfit (40). Thirteen new permanent checkpoints were added in the past two months, ten of them in Jenin alone.
The Commission has also documented settlers, not just the military, installing gates on Palestinian land and roads. The barrier count has climbed steadily — from 757 in 2003 to 793 in 2024, 925 in December 2025, and now 942. The restrictions are severely affecting Palestinians’ access to farmland, schools, hospitals and workplaces.
