Bethlehem - Ma'an - As of mid-January 2006, it will be illegal for Palestinians from the West Bank and the Jordan Valley to travel in Israeli (yellow) number plates, unless the driver, and the passenger, has the correct permits, according to the Israeli newspaper 'Yedioth Ahronoth'.
The head of the Israel forces' central command, Major General Yair Naveh, has issued orders banning cars with Israeli (yellow) number plates from transporting Palestinians from the West Bank and the Jordan Valley unless the driver has a permit to do so.
These instructions will come into force sixty days after their announcement, meaning that as of 19 January 2007, anyone who violates this rule will be legally prosecuted.
According to the electronic site of 'Yedioth Ahronoth', these instructions exclude the Palestinian Arabs in Israel who wish to transport their direct relatives in their cars, and it excludes West Bank Palestinians with the correct permits to enter Israel.