RAMALLAH, October 20, 2011 (WAFA) – Israeli soldiers closed Thursday the road connecting between the town of Bitunya and the village of Beit 'Ur El Fuqa, west of Ramallah, after they claimed that a speedy Palestinian vehicle injured two soldiers at a checkpoint set on the road, according to local sources.

Head of Beit Ur el-Fouqa Village Council, Saed Samara told WAFA that the Israeli soldiers closed the road between the village and Bitunya, which connects Ramallah with the west villages, and serves tens of thousands of Palestinians, claiming that a Palestinian vehicle ran over two soldiers.

Witnesses from the village said that they have only seen one solider transferred in an Israeli ambulance.

Samara reprobated Israeli soldiers persistence to continue permanently setting up a checkpoint on the intersection towards Bitunya, while the other sub road leads to road ‘443’ (Al Latrun), which Israel insists on closing, despite the Israeli high court decision to open it for Palestinians.

He indicated that this checkpoint is a permanent one and not temporary as the Israeli media claims.

Israeli soldiers re-opened road ‘443’ partially; for no more than five km, instead of re-opening it as it was before Al Aqsa Intifada, after they closed it for “security reasons.”

M.G. /F.R