1.   Netanyahu argues that the internal closure is justified on security grounds.

2.   Although an internal closure on Palestinian areas has gradually been lifted, Israel has singled out the Bethlehem area to remain under siege.

3.   As part of its wide-ranging response, Israel clamped an internal closure on the West Bank, meaning Palestinians could not leave their communities.

4.   Authorities lifted the internal closure on Palestinian areas, which prevented residents from traveling between towns inside the West Bank and Gaza.

5.   By night fall, Israeli tanks had circled Palestinian cities and the army had clamped an internal closure on the areas, preventing Arab residents from leaving their communities.

6.   In Hebron, an added internal closure has kept thousands of Palestinians, who live in close proximity to a handful of Jewish settlers, under an around-the-clock curfew.

7.   In the first several days after the blast, Palestinians were also prevented from leaving their towns, but the internal closure has gradually been lifted.

8.   In the first several days after the blast, Palestinians also were prevented from leaving their towns, but the internal closure has gradually been lifted.

9.   Israel also enforced an internal closure, preventing Palestinians from leaving their towns and villages.

10.   Israel also imposed an internal closure in the West Bank, blockading the Palestinian cities there and making it impossible for residents to move between them.