When questioned on the closure of Chase Farm hospital in London, which he had campaigned against before the election, he replied that he had said he would not impose a closure, but that it would be decided locally.
There was no official confirmation of the policy of imposing a closure on Lebanon - although Beirut airport was shut after this morning's attack and Israeli officials said its navy was blockading Lebanese ports.
Israel imposed a total closure on the West Bank and Gaza Strip today, barring all Palestinians from entering Israel.
Israel imposed a "general closure" on the West Bank, barring any Palestinians from crossing the boundary with Israel.
PAGE A16 Israel Cracks Down Two days before national elections, Israel imposed a "total closure" on the West Bank and Gaza Strip and indicated it was considering a reoccupation in Gaza.
Since June 2007 when Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip, Israel has imposed a crippling closure of most ports of entry, allowing entry and exit to few people and goods.
"To impose a nationwide closure of all lands would be a rejection of the past public involvement in the existing designations," the strategy paper says, dismissing one approach offered by environmentalists.
America and the EU imposed a trade embargo, forcing the closure of the country's two main ports.
In addition, we have imposed a constraint in this transitive closure in order to ensure that interactions established in the network connect entities of distinct categories.
In the wake of the bombings, Israel launched a determined crackdown against the fundamentalists, sealing off the Palestinian areas from Israel proper and imposing an internal closure on 465 Palestinian communities as Israeli security forces conducted house-to-house searches.
