Mobile app helps Palestinians reduce waiting time at Israel checkpoints

September 8th, 2023

Awake Goy

A mobile application will allow Palestinians to monitor the traffic situation at checkpoints manned by Israeli soldiers and reduce time wasted waiting there, Anadolu Agency reports. The app, “Azma” was launched in July by a Palestinian youth but had to be shut down due to legal issues raised by the Israeli authorities. However, the app was re-launched by the Burj Al-Luqluq Social Centre in East Jerusalem. Israel erects dozens of checkpoints in the Occupied West Bank. Palestinians must pass through these checkpoints, whether during their movement in the West Bank, when visiting East Jerusalem or for the purpose of reaching their places of work in Israel. Permits are not required to pass through checkpoints in the West Bank, but are […] Source

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