The crossing is controlled by traffic lights, and spans two roads.

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He told us that throughout the years he has been traveling in the region, in different Arab countries, and that he went to Gaza, crossing borders controlled by Israel, and that his case was closed, and he didn't see that anybody would put him on trial again.

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The report by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) found engineering work on the line between Southcote Junction in Reading and Westbury meant the automatic half barrier level crossing was being controlled locally.

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At the start, America tried to keep the gates open, brokering an Agreement on Movement and Access with Israel to allow the export from Gaza of hundreds of trucks of produce a day, regular bus convoys to and from the West Bank and the opening of a Palestinian-controlled crossing at Rafah to Egypt.

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This time it was different and on 15 November I managed to enter Gaza through Erez (an Israeli controlled border crossing).

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The crossing is the first Palestinian-controlled international border and opened to the public in November.

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The 10 EU monitors left the terminal and waited at the Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom border crossing for calm to be restored, he said.

CNN: Gaza crossing to reopen after protest

The classic refugees would be coming from the west of Iraq, crossing the unofficial boarder from Iraqi controlled territory and northern Iraq, but that border has been closed.

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While Egypt has found it hard to block the tunnels, it has kept its official border with Gaza sealed to all but a trickle of humanitarian traffic, saying that the crossing's Palestinian side should be controlled by a proper government body, such as the PA, but not by Hamas.

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