US troops prohibited from traveling to Jerusalem’s Old City and elsewhere on West Bank

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US troops prohibited from traveling to Jerusalem’s Old City and elsewhere on West Bank
By: Shawn Snow   
 

The U.S. military is prohibiting the travel of American troops to the West Bank — which includes Bethlehem and Jerusalem’s Old City — over security concerns following a Monday White House reversal of a decades old American policy that has viewed Israeli settlements in the territory as a violation of international law.

U.S. European Command was simply following State Department guidance on travel restrictions in Israel, said Lt. Cmdr. Joe Hontz, a spokesman for the command.

The EUCOM “policy applies to military personnel, DoD civilian employees, contractors and command-sponsored dependents and family members,” Hontz told Military Times in an emailed statement.

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