Summary
The passage through Israel connecting the West Bank and the Gaza Strip for persons, vehicles and goods, provided for in Article XXIX of the Interim Agreement and detailed in Annex I, Article X: daylight hours and not less than 10 hours a day, via Erez, Karni (commercial), Tarkumya and a point around Mevo Horon, on the routes of map No. 6 (Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (28 September 1995), PDF p.20, 48-50).
Details
- Users carry a safe passage card issued by Israel (drivers also a vehicle permit), stamped at the crossing with departure and estimated arrival times; a permit to enter Israel serves as a card (PDF p.48-49).
- Users shall not break their journey, leave the designated routes or carry weapons except as agreed in the JSC, and are subject to Israeli law while passing (PDF p.49).
- Israel may deny its territory to persons who have seriously or repeatedly violated the provisions; persons denied entry to Israel travel by Israel Police-escorted shuttle buses on two days a week (PDF p.49).
- Passage is unavailable on Yom Kippur, Israel’s Memorial Day and Israel’s Independence Day, and Israel may temporarily halt or modify a route for security or safety while keeping one route open (PDF p.49-50).
- Once incoming passengers have crossed the Allenby or Rafah terminal, they proceed to the West Bank or Gaza Strip without interference from Israeli authorities, a use the passages article also calls safe passage (PDF p.43).
Related pages
Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (28 September 1995), Interim Agreement, Oslo Accords