Palestinian and Israeli officials said new procedures were introduced to ease the daily crossing of thousands of workers into Israel. "We agreed to increase the number of workers from 20,000 to 30,000," said Ziad al-Atrash, the Palestinian head of the security liaison committee between the self-rule authority and Israel. He was referring to the number of worker permits Israel agreed to issue to Palestinians. Atrash said the passages at the checkpoint were increased from one to three to ease pressure.
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