""Here we have independent journalist, themselves Palestinian Arabs, reporting what the actual officials who run the crossings confided to them.

So Keith, independent Palestinian journalists who agree with you are acceptible witnesses, even when repeating hearsay evidence (""reporting what the actual officials who run the crossings confided to them"").

But Israeli eye witnesses whose evidence from their own first hand experience conflicts with what you wish to believe, are liars.

I see where you are coming from now!

No evidence accepted or considered, unless it corresponds to the Keith A/Israeli viewpoint.

And if those Palestinian journalists had been contradicting that viewpoint, they would have reverted to the Keith A default position, all Arabs are liars and they all want to destroy Israel.

Changeable world, ain't it?

Don T.