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Another would provide service along the Jordanian border from Eilat to the Dead Sea, Jericho and Beit She'an and from there toward Haifa in the west and in also in a northeasterly direction. The proposed scheme also calls for shorter routes, such as between Nablus and Tulkarm in the West Bank, and from Ramallah to the
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to allow Palestinian merchants to export and import goods. This was done as a 'back-to-back' transfer, meaning that Palestinian products meant for export were removed from a Palestinian truck and placed in an Israeli truck, or vice versa for incoming goods. Israel closed the Karni Crossing after
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As of February 2012, a plan for a 475-kilometer rail network, establishing 11 new rail lines in West Bank, was confirmed by Israeli Transportation Ministry. The West Bank network would include one line running through Jenin, Nablus, Ramallah, Jerusalem, Ma'aleh Adumim, Bethlehem and Hebron.
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The Erez Crossing is the only land crossing for the movement of people between the Gaza Strip and Israel; it is also the only way in and out of Gaza at all when the Rafah Crossing is closed.
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running 34 kilometers along its length from north to south, which was built in 1916. Prior to 1948 and from about 1972 until an unknown date the line connected to what then became the
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existed in Tulkarm between the Jenin—Tulkarm—Nablus narrow gauge railway and the standard gauge Eastern Railway. All these connections are now defunct.
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The Allenby Bridge, also known as the Al-Karameh Bridge and the King Hussein Bridge, is a bridge that crosses the
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had begun in the Gaza Strip, but the building was destroyed and the project abandoned after the outbreak of the
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Several defunct railways in the Palestinian territories were previously used to link with adjacent countries:
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operated until the early 1970s. The railway has been dismantled in the Gaza Strip, and on the Israeli side
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Hamas took over the Gaza Strip in June 2007, and the closure was made permanent at the end of March 2011.
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West Bank Palestinians traveling abroad can use the Allenby Bridge to enter Jordan and then use the
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located in the north-eastern end of the Gaza Strip. It was opened in 1994 after the signing of the
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In 2010, the West Bank and Gaza Strip together had 4,686 km (2,912 mi) of roadways.
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The Kerem Shalom Crossing was used by trucks carrying goods from Israel to the Gaza Strip.
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since 2007, and activities at the port have been restricted to small-scale fishing.
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between the Gaza Strip and Israel, and has been affected by the Israeli
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There are three defunct airports in the Palestinian territories. The
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Exits of Palestinians to Israel and the West Bank via Erez Crossing
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in September 2000. There are no ships in the Gaza Strip over 1,000
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to the south from 1916 to 1967. The line has now been dismantled.
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There are no operating railways in the Palestinian territories.
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to Jenin operated until the 1940s. Also, until the late 1940s, a
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A standard gauge rail link between Israel and Gaza through the
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is the only land crossing between the Gaza Strip and
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