© Allison DegerEntrance to Bani Na'im, cordoned of by Israeli forces. Bani Na'im is the hometown of a Palestinian teen who killed a 13-year old Israeli on Thursday.
Days away from the Eid holiday Shafooq Baloot, 25, does not know how or when she will do her annual clothes shopping. "We can't go everywhere whenever we would like," the English teacher told me. She lives in town of Bani Na'im which is one of many towns across the West Bank that has been under Israeli closure for nearly a week.
The Israeli army shut the main entrance to her town with cement blocks and an earth mound after a teen from her town killed a 13-year old Israeli in a nearby settlement last Thursday.
"Sure the stores have stuff here, but in Hebron it's cheaper," said Baloot. She hoped to buy a new wardrobe during the seasonal sales that accompany the Muslim religious month of Ramadan.
Over the weekend Israeli forces barricaded at least 20 more villages in the Hebron area, along with the southern entrance to the city of Hebron itself โ a rare move generally reserved for manhunts.
Comment: Point taken. Though it begs the question: Who was really behind the Dallas sniper attacks? Was it non-affiliated lone gunmen? Or this Black Power Political Organization conducting themselves Operation Gladio-style and organized for the very purpose of fomenting unrest so the state can crack down even further on civil liberties?
As with all attacks, one must ask: Who benefits?