Against all odds, residents of Ghajar are Israeli citizens with Israeli passports and full rights; they speak Hebrew excellently, in addition to their mother tongue Arabic.
On Sunday, hundreds of cars had formed lines stretching back kilometers from Tijuana, fueling fears the reopening could become a problem. But traffic advanced steadily.
The incident took place last month during the 11-day war with Hamas after a machine gun was fired from a tank to keep three Palestinian civilians who were near the border fence from it.
President Joe Biden issued a proclamation on January 20, his first day in office, ordering a freeze on border wall projects
The New York Times reported on Friday that US border authorities have been expelling migrant children from other countries to Mexico.
Ituran increased the use of technological means to prevent car thefts among them: deploying drones with the 80 Ituran enforcement squads and using LPR cameras.
The warning was made by state media KCNA one day after North Korea blew up a joint liaison office set up in a border town as part of a 2018 agreement by the two countries' leaders.
Mexico so far has confirmed 26 cases of the coronavirus, with no deaths. In the United States, 48 people have died so far.
The peace deal has been completed but has not been presented publicly.
The rally was a kick-off in Battery Park which intends to march to the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.
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