1.   Closures bar thousands of Palestinians, who make their living as laborers inside Israel, from entering.

2.   The closure barred tens of thousands of Palestinian workers into Israel.

3.   The closure barred tens of thousands of Palestinians from their jobs in the Jewish state and was imposed indefinitely, an army spokesman said.

4.   The closure bars Palestinians from entering Israel, and keeps tens of thousands of Palestinians from their jobs.

5.   The closure bars tens of thousands of Palestinians from reaching their jobs in Israel, worsening an already desperate economic situation in the Palestinian areas.

6.   The closure bars thousands of Palestinians laborers from jobs in Israel and has virtually strangled the Palestinian economy.

7.   The closure has barred all but a few thousand Palestinian laborers from reaching jobs in Israel, denying many a livelihood for more than a month.

8.   The closure has barred thousands of Palestinians from reaching jobs in Israel and already poor economic conditions have deteriorated further.

9.   The closure barred tens of thousands of Palestinians from jobs in Israel and restricted travel between West Bank cities.

10.   The closure bars more than a million Palestinians in the West Bank from entering Israel.