According to the United Nations, which monitors checkpoints for embassies, the number of obstacles and checkpoints in the West Bank has increased, despite Israeli promises to the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah, and the prime minister, Salam Fayyad, that the number would be reduced.
And the number of checkpoints, roadblocks and restrictions on movement has increased in the West Bank, according to UN reports.
The number of checkpoints and roadblocks in the West Bank has increased by some 10% since Israel undertook to reduce them at the Annapolis peace conference in November.
Call volume has increased from concerned El Paso residents, she said, who have reported checkpoints in certain parts of town and the appearance of ICE agents at routine traffic stops.
The Iditarod has increased mandatory rest stops, the amount of dog food at race checkpoints, and the authority of race veterinarians and officials to protect dogs.
The university has increased security, installing cameras across the campus, posting guards and putting a checkpoint at the entrance.
In addition, the Public Safety Department has increased security at the Westchester County Airport in Harrison, closing Rye Lake Road and reinstating a police checkpoint outside the terminal.
Police presence has increased under el Sisi, and while having a passport could seem trivial without travel plans, showing proper identification is a reality in a city where security and police checkpoints are peppered throughout the place.
The Met said that since 2011 it had increased roadside checkpoints, automatic number plate recognition (ANPR), fixed cameras and routine number plate checks.
But the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition group with a network of contacts inside Syria, reported that 11 people had died in clashes and that the number of checkpoints, soldiers and security men had increased in many towns and cities.
