Hamas Restricts Travel for Gazans
The Hamas-run Ministry of Interior has recently placed new restrictions on those traveling through the Erez crossing, further limiting the movement of Gaza's residents, writes Abeer Ayyoub.
On Monday, March 18, just after the Hamas-run Ministry of Interior placed new restrictions on those traveling through the Erez crossing between Gaza and Israel, freelance journalist and activist Majed Abu Salama was banned from leaving the Strip through this crossing. Abu Salama was going to Ramallah to attend a children's film festival that he had been invited to.
Majed was one of four filmmakers who were invited by a German organization to attend the event. Except for him, all received their travel permits from Hamas. Majed was given no justification for the refusal.
“When I went to the Ministry of Interior, they told me that the internal security services had refused to give me security clearance,” Majed said.
The Ministry of Interior decided earlier this month that no Gaza residents will be allowed to pass through the Erez crossing without a permit from the ministry itself.
