Palestinian labourers sleep on the ground near a section of the controversial Israeli barrier while waiting for the checkpoint in the West Bank town of Bethlehem to open before entering Jerusalem, early July 14, 2009. The Israeli army maintains an extensive network of checkpoints and roadblocks in the West Bank that Palestinians describe as a source of daily humiliation. Israel says such measures, along with the barrier it has built in the West Bank, help to keep Palestinian militants out of its cities.
REUTERS/Nayef Hashlamoun (WEST BANK POLITICS CONFLICT)