A Palestinian-ruled town in the West Bank is offering to pay any parking or traffic fines Israelis may incur in the hopes of attracting Israeli shoppers. The Israeli daily Ha’aretz reported Monday that Israelis ticketed for a traffic or parking violation in Kalkiya could receive money to pay the tickets from the town’s municipal offices. Israeli military sources were quoted by the paper as saying that as the security situation has improved in recent months, more Jewish Israelis have been shopping in towns like Kalkiya that are located on Israel’s 1967 borders.
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